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 ...

We have about 30 remote users who dial into a Cisco RAS from a notebook with WinXP Pro. We recently (as in Monday, the 8th) established and put into place GPO for passwords. The reset hit in an ...

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 ...

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 ...

A NIST proposal says requiring users to come up with highly complex passwords creates the possibility that users will write down the passwords in an unsafe manner ...

Creating enforceable, common-sense password policies has become increasingly critical in today’s business world. One major variable in that equation is terminology. While some words (or strings of ...

Sharing a computer with multiple people can be challenging, especially when it comes to protecting that PC against security risks. Whether you use a shared PC at home, in a home office, or in a small ...

I had an argument with a very smart, very capable server-side programmer a few years ago when I was integrating a project of my own with the Web services API (application programming interface) that ...

In January 2024, Russian hackers broke into Microsoft's systems by slipping past what many believed was an ironclad security setup. The attack proved that even with multiple layers of protection, ...

Look, if you were to ask me about using smiley faces as passwords in 2025 I would, quite frankly, say you were suffering from some kind of security breakdown. I mean, if you don’t want to use a ...

I have two questions about a new password policy that we want to roll out. I need to set up a custom password complexity filter. Has anyone used any good free ones? We don't have any C coders to ...