A risk assessment that was performed on a companys application inventory revealed the legacy applications pose the greatest technical risk. The following issues were identified:

• Weak architecture
• Inability to update key components
• Lack of vendor support for some dependencies

Which of the following initiatives would BEST mitigate this risk in applications that are being developed?

A. Develop all future applications in containers B. Increasing the use of IaaS C. Leveraging open data formats and APIs D. Deploying infrastructure and platform as code PLEASE PROVIDE AN EXPLANATION TO THE CORRECT OPTION AS WELL AS AN EXPLANATION FOR EACH OF THE OTHER OPTIONS AND WHY THEY ARE NOT CORRECT - FOR A THUMBS UP - THANK YOU