Your company's security policy mandates the implementation of measures to defend against password-guessing attacks on user accounts. As part of strengthening the defense, which of the following would most effectively mitigate the risk of a dictionary attack?
Require passwords to be changed every 30 days
Enforce a minimum password length of eight characters
Enforce an account lockout policy after three unsuccessful login attempts
Implementing account lockout policies after a certain number of failed login attempts helps prevent attackers from repeatedly trying different passwords until they find the correct one. By limiting the number of guesses, it reduces the effectiveness of dictionary attacks. Longer, complex passwords and regular password changes are good practices, but they do not directly prevent multiple automated guesses like an account lockout policy does. Disabling user accounts after hours may reduce the attack window but does not prevent the attack itself.
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