Which of the following would be the MOST prudent course of action?

A recent audit cited a risk involving numerous low-criticality vulnerabilities created by a web application using a third-party library. The development staff state there are still customers using the application even though it is end of life and it would be a substantial burden to update the application for compatibility with more secure libraries.

Which of the following would be the MOST prudent course of action?
A . Accept the risk if there is a clear road map for timely decommission
B. Deny the risk due to the end-of-life status of the application.
C. Use containerization to segment the application from other applications to eliminate the risk
D. Outsource the application to a third-party developer group

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Answer: C