A security analyst discovers that a company's username and password database was posted on an Internet forum. The username and passwords are stored in plain text. Which of the following would mitigate the damage done by this type of data exfiltration in the future?

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Implementing salting and hashing ensures that even if the database is exfiltrated, the passwords are not stored in plain text and are therefore not easily usable by attackers.

A Security Analyst Discovers That a Company's Username and Password