Which of the following would BEST accomplish these goals?

A security analyst is doing a vulnerability assessment on a database server.

A scanning tool returns the following information:

There have been several security breaches on the webserver that accesses this database. The security team is instructed to mitigate the impact of any possible breaches. The security team is also instructed to improve the security on this database by making it less vulnerable to of line attacks.

Which of the following would BEST accomplish these goals? (Choose two.)
A . Start using salts to generate MD 5 password hashes
B . Generate password hashes using SHA-256
C . Force users to change passwords the next time they logon
D . Limit users to five attempted logons before they are locked out
E . Require the web server to only use TLS 1.2 encryption

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Answer: AC