Question

aaron is a system administrator for a school district and has been assigned to maintain and decommission computer equipment throughout the district schools. he has been assigned to review all the workstations currently being used by the administrative staff at the district and school levels to determine if they need to be replaced or upgraded to meet current administrative requirements. he decides to replace the workstations with new equipment, decommission the existing computers, and sell them to the public as surplus. after selling several of the decommissioned computers, a local paper publishes an article about financial corruption in the school district with documentation to prove the accusations. which of the following steps in the de - commissioning process did aaron fail to do that might best prevented this situation? remove the workstations from the asset management database. determine whether the workstations should have been destroyed or disposed of properly in the trash. ensure that any sensitive or proprietary information was permanently removed from the workstations before selling them to the public. remove the workstations from the production network.

Explanation:

The concern here is data security. Selling decommissioned computers without removing sensitive information can lead to issues like the one described. Aaron should have ensured any sensitive or proprietary information was permanently removed before selling to prevent information - related problems.

Answer:

Ensure that any sensitive or proprietary information was permanently removed from the workstations before selling them to the public.