QuestionQ239

Understanding Passwords

What information-security risk could be identified through the use of the DPAT tool?

  • A IT administrators who reuse passwords between their user account and their admin account
  • B Multiple users on different workstations sharing a single account
  • C IT administrators who use their personal workstation to connect remotely to servers
  • D Users that increment their password by one character every time they change it
Explanation

The Domain Password Audit Tool analyzes password-use data and identifies password reuse. Reusing the same password for a standard user account and an administrative account allows compromise of the lower-privileged account to endanger privileged access.

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