Surplus office PCs sold at the city auction still yield recoverable files with common freeware tools. Which issue must disposal procedures address before sale or reuse?
Select an answer to reveal the explanation.
Short Explanation
Hitting Delete and dragging to the Recycle Bin is not a vanishing act—the bits often hang around for anyone with basic recovery tools. Before PCs hit the auction block, sanitize the drives so old files cannot rise from the dead. Remanence is why "we wiped it" has to mean a real sanitization method.
Full Explanation
Data remanence is residual representation of data that remains after ordinary deletion or reformatting. Surplus and reused systems must undergo approved sanitization (clear, purge, or destroy as appropriate) before release. Failure to address remanence exposes prior users' and the organization's sensitive information to subsequent possessors.