Adam is an IT administrator for Syncan Ltd. He is designated to perform various IT tasks like setting up new user accounts, managing backup/restores, security authentications and passwords, etc. Whilst performing his tasks, he was asked to employ the latest and most secure authentication protocol to encrypt the passwords of users that are stored in the Microsoft Windows OS-based systems.
Which of the following authentication protocols should Adam employ in order to achieve the objective?
A . LANMAN
B . Kerberos
C . NTLM
D . NTLMv2
Answer: C