Unit 2: Data Deletion Procedures & Mechanisms Review

Question 1

When conducting data restoral testing, where should the trial be conducted?

Answer 1

The trial data restore should be made into an isolated environment to mitigate risks such as restoring an old virus or accidentally over-writing existing data.

Question 2

What could bad key management lead to?

Answer 2

Bad Key management could lead to the destruction of the entire archive.

Question 3

What is data archiving?

Answer 3

Data archiving is the process of identifying and moving inactive data out of current production systems and into specialized long-term archival storage systems.