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A large company is changing its password length requirements. The Chief Information Officer is mandating that passwords now be at least 12 characters long, instead of 10. Which of the following…
The correct answer is A. Group Policy. Group Policy is the appropriate tool for centrally managing and enforcing security settings like password length requirements across an organization's Windows domain.
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A large company is changing its password length requirements. The Chief Information Officer is mandating that passwords now be at least 12 characters long, instead of 10. Which of the following should be used to adjust this setting?
Options
- AGroup Policy
- BUser accounts
- CAccess control lists
- DAuthenticator applications
How the community answered
(40 responses)- A90% (36)
- B5% (2)
- C3% (1)
- D3% (1)
Why each option
Group Policy is the appropriate tool for centrally managing and enforcing security settings like password length requirements across an organization's Windows domain.
Group Policy allows administrators to define and enforce security settings, including password complexity and length requirements, across multiple user accounts and computers within an Active Directory domain from a central location.
User accounts are individual entities that follow password policies, but they are not used to define or adjust the policy itself.
Access control lists (ACLs) define permissions for files and folders, unrelated to password policy enforcement.
Authenticator applications are used for multi-factor authentication, not for setting password length requirements.
Concept tested: Group Policy for password policies
Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/identity-protection/password-policy-settings
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