Exam 220-1102 topic 1 question 32 discussion

Actual exam question from CompTIA's 220-1102

Question #: 32
Topic #: 1

A technician has been tasked with installing a workstation that will be used for point-of-sale transactions. The point-of-sale system will process credit cards and loyalty cards. Which of the following encryption technologies should be used to secure the workstation in case of theft?

A. Data-in-transit encryption
B. File encryption
C. USB drive encryption
D. Disk encryption

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Suggested Answer: D 🗳️

by JermQ at Jan. 18, 2023, 4:12 p.m.

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Newfy123

Highly Voted 2 years, 6 months ago

Selected Answer: D

-it mentions "in case of theft" so not data in transit ( that would be data moving during a transaction) -It says its a workstation, so no USB drive involved most likely a regular HDD -why only encrypt certain files when you can encrypt the whole drive and deny access to everything in case of theft.

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ICsoundCreativity

Most Recent 9 months, 3 weeks ago

D is the answer

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willyww

1 year, 1 month ago

Selected Answer: D

D is the most logical

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ibn_e_nazir

1 year, 5 months ago

Selected Answer: D

It is a point of sale transaction system but all the transactions are saved on the local HDD for day to day reports generations, so it means sensitive data is still there on the hard drive with credit card and other sensitive information. in case of theft, this data can be retrieved and used illegally. Full disk encryption can avoid this possibility.

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JermQ

2 years, 6 months ago

Can someone explain why it is D?

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Joelashu

2 years, 5 months ago

because we securing the whole workstation in case of thief simple.....

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