Which of the following best practices can be used to mitigate password reuse?

The correct answer is D. Password history. Password history is a policy that stores a record of a user's previously used passwords and prevents them from reusing those passwords when they set a new one. This directly mitigates reuse by enforcing that each new password must be unique compared to a defined number of past…

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APassword length
BPassword complexity
CPassword reset
DPassword history

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Password history is a policy that stores a record of a user's previously used passwords and prevents them from reusing those passwords when they set a new one. This directly mitigates reuse by enforcing that each new password must be unique compared to a defined number of past passwords. Password length and complexity improve password strength but do not prevent a user from reusing a long or complex password they've used before. Password reset forces periodic changes but without history enforcement, a user could simply re-enter an old password.

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