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The recent report on The State Password Security in the Enterprise reveals several essential findings for system administrators and security professionals alike. First, whether we are happy about it or not, passwords are going to be around for a long … Continue reading Passwords Security: Past, Present, and Future
Planning, Protecting and Not Paying Your company is aware of the many attempts that hackers make every day to infiltrate organizations, steal data, and demand ransoms. Hacking methods seem to propagate rapidly, but ransomware has been making the headli… Continue reading Reimagining Ransomware Responses
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably heard of the RockYou2021 breached password list. Many articles have been published about this incident and password lists associated with it. However, some reported information is misleading or do… Continue reading Demystifying RockYou2021
When it comes to passwords, individual habits and organizational policies vary widely—unfortunately, the pattern is one of weakness. But organizational online security can be immediately improved by the implementation of a few key principles. Str… Continue reading The Updated Do’s and Don’ts of Password Security
According to Verizon’s recently released 2020 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR), over 80% of hacking-related breaches involved the use of lost or stolen credentials. We analyzed the findings and uncovered some additional data points that u… Continue reading Credential Vulnerabilities Most Likely Breach Culprit: Verizon DBIR
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has been substantially revising its password guidelines since 2017. Previous recommendations have been changed, including combining symbols, letters, and numeric to create complex passwords; changin… Continue reading A Brief Summary of NIST Password Guidelines
Password audits have become more difficult. New data breaches expose credentials every day. These are quickly fed into hackers’ cracking dictionaries, changing which passwords you need to keep out. Verizon’s DBIR found 81% of data breaches … Continue reading Need Help Auditing for Compromised Passwords?
Today is World Password Day and despite proclamations that passwords are going the way of the Dodo, they are still a fundamental part of our digital lives. However, they remain a weak link in our approach to cybersecurity and it’s time for us all… Continue reading World Password Day: Time to Prioritize Passwords
Today is World Password Day and organizations are unfortunately still reliant on archaic password strategies that put the onus on users to create and remember numerous complex and constantly changing password strings. It’s no wonder that this app… Continue reading Solving the Compromised Credentials Conundrum
The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is a set of requirements aimed at ensuring sensitive data is protected, privacy is maintained, and networking systems are robust enough to withstand cyber-attacks. PCI standards aren’t sp… Continue reading PCI Password Requirements: Is It Enough?