The password problem — weak, reused credentials that are easy to compromise yet hard to remember and manage — plagues users and organizations. But despite technological advances, passwords still guard ...

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 ...

Organizations invest time and money into staying safe from cyber threats, so it's critical they can measure how well their cybersecurity investments are paying off. Take password policies. Every ...

Traditionally security professionals have spent most of their time trying to prevent malicious attacks from outside the company. But what happens when the threat comes from trusted insiders with ...

Compromised Active Directory credentials allow attackers to log in without exploits, driving modern authentication-based initial access.

Security pundits have long called for the banishment of passwords, but the fact is they aren’t going anywhere, anytime soon. In fact, 88% of organizations still use passwords as their main form of ...

Passwords are an important aspect of computer security. A poorly chosen password may result in unauthorized access and/or exploitation of Connecticut College's resources. The purpose of this policy is ...

I work for a small organization with about 20 geographically dispersed users, most of them with a notebook each (mix of XP, Vista, and 7). We want to make sure that every user account has a password, ...

Want to remove Password Complexity requirements? In Windows 11 and Windows 10, it is possible to customize the Password Policy using the Local Security Policy panel ...

Passwords are an important aspect of computer security. A poorly chosen password may result in unauthorized access and/or exploitation of Connecticut College's resources. The purpose of this policy is ...