Having a strong password is the first line of defense against malicious actors attempting to access your private information. There are a few tried-and-true methods for creating a strong password, and ...

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New password guidelines from the National Institute of Standards and Technology suggest the way we've been making passwords isn't as secure as we think. The original set of guidelines was written back ...

Having covered online security for more than two decades, I've seen password recommendations evolve dramatically over the years. More recently, there's been a move toward passwordless authentication ...

For the past three years, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has been substantially revising its password guidelines. Many of these revisions stem from NIST’s recognition that ...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently released updated password guidelines that might surprise you in that they’ve made the dark art of keeping yourself secure slightly ...

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology published updated guidelines for passwords in June. The guidelines serve as technical requirements for federal agencies ...

NIST finalized new guidelines, substantially revising password security recommendations and upending many of the standards and best practices which security professionals use when forming policies for ...

Generative AI is accelerating password attacks against Active Directory, making credential abuse faster and more effective.

Mike Chapple is associate teaching professor of IT, analytics and operations at the University of Notre Dame. But there’s good news for those frustrated by unwieldy password practices. Cybersecurity ...

When an employee has so many complex passwords to remember that he keeps them on a sticky note attached to his computer screen, that could be a sign that your organization needs a wiser policy for ...

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