An employee in your company is creating a new password for their company email account. Which of the following options is the BEST example of a strong password according to common best practices?
A strong password should be complex, including a combination of uppercase letters, lowercase letters, numbers, and symbols. It should be long enough to resist common brute-force attacks, typically recommended to be at least 12 characters long. In this case, 'bR7*!xQ2w$3Lz' meets these criteria, making it the strongest password option provided.
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