Which of these is the best practice to protect sensitive values in state files?

Which of these is the best practice to protect sensitive values in state files?
A . Blockchain
B . Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
C . Enhanced remote backends
D . Signed Terraform providers

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Answer: C

Explanation:

Use of remote backends and especially the availability of Terraform Cloud, there are now a variety of backends that will encrypt state at rest and will not store the state in cleartext on machines running.

Reference: https://www.terraform.io/docs/extend/best-practices/sensitive-state.html