Certified Network Defender (CND) — Question 89

Which of the following creates passwords for individual administrator accounts and stores them in Windows AD?

Answer options

• A. LSASS
• B. SRM
• C. SAM
• D. LAPS

Correct answer: D

Explanation

LAPS (Local Administrator Password Solution) is designed specifically to generate unique passwords for local administrator accounts and securely store them in Active Directory. LSASS is a process that handles security policies, SRM is not related to password management, and SAM is a database for local user accounts but does not manage passwords in AD.