Continuous Password Protection

Response Required

| | Active Directory, compromised credentials, Continuous Password Protection, NIST 800-63, NIST Password Guidelines, Password Security, passwords, Strong Authentication
Why organizations need to react urgently to the state of password security, according to data from 451 Research In a recent brief titled “Love ‘em or Hate ‘em, Passwords Are Here to ...
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The Updated Do’s and Don’ts of Password Security

| | Continuous Password Protection, password hygiene, password reuse, Password Security, passwords
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 ...
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Questions to Ask Compromised Password Monitoring Vendors

| | Active Directory, Compromised Password Monitoring, Continuous Password Protection, credential screening, Password Filtering, Password Monitoring Vendor, Password Policy Enforcer, tips
Organizations using Active Directory must update their password policies to block and detect compromised passwords, but comparing password monitoring vendors in this area can sometimes be challenging. Often, organizations are not sure ...
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World Password Day: Time to Prioritize Passwords

| | Continuous Password Protection, password reuse, 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 ...
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Solving the Compromised Credentials Conundrum

| | Active Directory, compromised credentials, Continuous Password Protection, credential screening, 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 ...
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8 Scary Statistics about the Password Reuse Problem

| | all posts, Continuous Password Protection, Cybersecurity, password reuse
As we rapidly move everything online in response to the global pandemic, this has put passwords front and center again. With the latest Marriott breach, it’s like groundhog day when it comes ...
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One-Click NIST Password Standard Compliance

Introducing 1-Click NIST Password Standard Compliance & More

| | Active Directory, Continuous Password Protection, insider threats, NIST PASSWORD STANDARDS, Root Password Detection
Introducing one-click NIST password standard compliance, user reporting which outlines users who are using compromised passwords, and root password detection to prevent users from using root passwords. Microsoft’s Active Directory is used ...
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How much are password expiration policies costing your organization? It is likely a lot more than you think. The lost productivity on average per employee is estimated at $420 per year. For 1000 employees, that is $420,000 per year. https://www.enzoic.com/cost-password-expiration-policies/

The High Cost of Password Expiration Policies

| | Active Directory, all posts, Continuous Password Protection, Password Expiration Policy, Password Policy Enforcer, Password Reset Policy
For many cybersecurity professionals, one of the more surprising ideas to come out of 2019 is the recommendation to drop forced password expiration policies. Forced password expiration policies have been around for ...
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Old vs. New Methods for Employee Password Hardening

| | Active Directory, all posts, Compromised Password Screening, Continuous Password Protection, Employee Password Hardening, Exposed Password Monitoring, Password Hardening
Employee password hardening: Do not just mitigate bad passwords. Eliminate weak and compromised passwords. Threats to password-based authentication can overwhelm organizations. Because passwords are still the most common way for users to ...
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Automate Password Policy & NIST Password Guidelines

Automate Password Policy & NIST Password Guidelines

| | Active Directory, all posts, Continuous Password Protection, insider threats, NIST 800-63b, Password Policy
Enable automated password policy enforcement with daily password auditing and customizable remediation. With compromised password detection, custom password dictionary, fuzzy matching with common character substitutions, and continuous ongoing monitoring; enterprises can easily ...
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