CompTIA A+ Core 2 (220-1102) — Question 11

A technician is working with a company to determine the best way to transfer sensitive personal information between offices when conducting business. The company currently uses USB drives and is resistant to change. The company's compliance officer states that all media at rest must be encrypted. Which of the following would be the BEST way to secure the current workflow?

Answer options

• A. Deploy a secondary hard drive with encryption on the appropriate workstation.
• B. Configure a hardened SFTP portal for file transfers between file servers.
• C. Require files to be individually password protected with unique passwords.
• D. Enable BitLocker To Go with a password that meets corporate requirements.

Correct answer: D

Explanation

The best option is D because enabling BitLocker To Go ensures that the USB drives used for transferring sensitive information are encrypted, meeting the compliance officer's requirement. Option A does not address the use of USB drives, while B involves a more complex setup that the company is resistant to, and C does not provide sufficient security as individual password protection might not meet encryption standards.