A legal department must maintain a backup from all devices that have been shredded and recycled by a third party. Which of the following best describes this requirement?
The legal department needs to ensure that the third party responsible for shredding and recycling the devices provides proof or documentation that the data has been properly destroyed, which is known as certification. Certification typically involves a formal report or audit trail from the third party confirming that proper data destruction or sanitization procedures were followed
Retention is relevant to the legal issue. Sanitization is not relevant to the legal issue; just destroy data in the best way.
Retention in this scenario is included as a legal or compliance requirement. The legal department needs to keep backups to meet regulatory obligations, prepare for potential litigation, or ensure compliance with industry standards.
A. Data retention.
Data retention is the practice of keeping data for a specified period. In this case, the legal department is required to maintain a backup of data even after physical destruction. This ensures that the data can be accessed if needed for legal or regulatory purposes.
Data retention refers to the practice of preserving and storing data for a specified period to meet legal, regulatory, or business requirements. In this case, the legal department needs to maintain backups of data from devices that have been shredded and recycled, ensuring compliance with legal or organizational policies
Certification
■ Acts as proof that data or hardware has been securely disposed of
■ Important for organizations with regulatory requirements
■ Creates an audit log of sanitization, disposal, or destruction
You are talking about when data should be destroyed, in this case, the question refers to back ups of the devices that were destroyed.
So the correct answer is A. Data Retention
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