Certified Data Privacy Solutions Engineer (CDPSE) — Question 171

Which of the following is the GREATEST privacy risk factor for data stored on disk?

Answer options

• A. Lack of encryption at rest
• B. Users storing data locally
• C. Hardware degradation
• D. Lack of periodic backups

Correct answer: A

Explanation

The absence of encryption at rest represents the highest privacy risk because unencrypted data can be easily accessed or compromised if a storage device is lost or stolen. While local data storage, hardware issues, and backup failures are concerns, they do not pose as direct a threat to data privacy as the lack of encryption does.