Comp TIA Security + Certification Questions Part 6

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A security analyst is doing a vulnerability assessment on a database server. A scanning tool returns the following information:

`Database:`	`CustomerAccess 1`
`Column:`	`Password`
`Data type:`	`MD5 Hash`
`Salted?:`	`No`

There have been several security breaches on the web server 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 offline attacks. Which of the following would BEST accomplish these goals? (Choose two.)

Start using salts to generate MD5 password hasheshttps://www.gratisexam.com/
Generate password hashes using SHA-256
Force users to change passwords the next time they log on
Limit users to five attempted logons before they are locked out
Require the web server to only use TLS 1.2 encryption

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