CompTIA Exam Questions

Which of the following controls, if in place could have BEST prevented this successful attack?

An incident occurred when an outside attacker was able to gain access to network resources. During the
incident response, investigation security logs indicated multiple failed login attempts for a network
administrator. Which of the following controls, if in place could have BEST prevented this successful
attack?

A.
Password history

B.
Password complexity

C.
Account lockout

D.
Account expiration