A company is concerned about attacks in which an attacker impersonates a user by extracting a password hashes. A security analyst has been tasked with mitigating this potential threat. Which of the following security controls would BEST mitigate this issue?
A Salting the password hashes.
B Increasing bit length of the hashing algorithm
C Multifactor authentication via smart cards
D Policy requiring 15-character passwords
A-Salting the password hashes will be the best choice.
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