Jim's company regularly performs backups of their critical servers. But the company cannot afford to send backup tapes to an off-site vendor for long-term storage and archiving. Instead, Jim's company

Encryption renders the data on the tapes unreadable to anyone who does not possess the decryption key, directly addressing confidentiality risk if the tapes are lost or intercepted during transit. Transporting the tapes in a locked box adds a physical security layer that controls access to the media itself, satisfying both logical and physical security requirements for off-site transport.

Degaussing uses a strong magnetic field to erase all data from the tapes, which would destroy the backup content and make the tapes useless for their intended recovery purpose.

Hashing verifies data integrity by detecting unauthorized modification or corruption but provides no confidentiality protection - the data remains fully readable to anyone who obtains the tape.

Using a courier without a lock box provides no physical containment or access control for the tapes themselves, as a courier service does not guarantee the media is secured against interception or loss.