An account lockout policy locks the user account after a certain number of failed login attempts, which makes brute force attacks, where numerous guesses are made, less viable because the account becomes inaccessible after the defined threshold of failed attempts. This security measure adds an additional layer of protection against unauthorized access by hindering continuous password guessing.
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