ISC2 CISSP Practice Question

The statement is false. Degaussing is a process that uses magnetic fields to neutralize the magnetic data stored on traditional magnetic storage media such as hard disk drives (HDDs) and magnetic tapes. However, solid-state drives (SSDs) use flash memory technology that stores data in memory cells rather than magnetic media. Since SSDs do not rely on magnetic storage, degaussing is ineffective for sanitizing SSDs. For SSDs, appropriate sanitization techniques include secure erase commands specifically designed for SSDs, cryptographic erasure (if the drive uses encryption), or physical destruction. Organizations should use media sanitization techniques appropriate for the specific media type to ensure data cannot be recovered.