(Choose 1 answer)
Which of the following best describes the mitigation of data remanence by a degaussing destruction process?
A. Removing or reducing the magnetic field patterns on conventional disk drives or tapes
B. Exposing storage media to caustic or corrosive chemicals that render it unusable
C. Converting the 1's and O's that represent data with the output of a cryptographic function
D. Replacing the 1's and 0's that represent data on storage media with random or fixed patterns of 1's and 0's
