Which media sanitization step involves discarding media with no other sanitization consideration?

• A. Disposal
• B. Cleaning
• C. Purging
• D. Destroying

Answer: (A)

Disposal is the media sanitization step that handles end-of-life handling by discarding the media without performing any data sanitization. It means you simply throw away, recycle, or otherwise dispose of the device as it is, without attempting to remove or obscure data first. This is appropriate only when the risk is deemed acceptable or when other controls have already addressed data security.

If the media still contains sensitive information, other steps would be used to address that risk: cleaning removes surface contaminants, purging uses techniques to make data unrecoverable, and destroying physically damages the media to prevent recovery.