NIST PASSWORD STANDARDS
Creating a NIST Password Policy for Active Directory
NIST recommends rejecting passwords used for online guessing attacks and also eliminating periodic password expiration- unless the password is compromised. While these requirements make sense given current cyber threats, they don’t precisely ...
The Benefits and Drawbacks of Password Complexity Rules
In recent years, cybersecurity experts have called into question the usefulness of password complexity rules. Password complexity rules have existed in some form since the internet and email became mainstream. They have ...
Introducing 1-Click NIST Password Standard Compliance & More
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 ...
NIST 800-171: Change of Characters in Passwords
Cybersecurity risks are a concern for every business, including the Federal government. Until the introduction of NIST 800-171, there was not a consistent approach between government agencies on how data should be ...
