Earlier this week, Microsoft put out a little blog post detailing the latest tactic it is using to keep its users' accounts secure. By watching the millions of attempted attacks that happen daily, ...

You know the struggle – you’re staring at yet another sign-up form, on yet another website, after being asked to create an account in order to proceed. You give ...

As ransomware attacks continue to wreak havoc on organizations worldwide, many official standards and regulations have been established to address this pressing issue. This article examines the common ...

It's tough to create a good, secure password. It's tough to even agree on what makes a password strong in the first place, but most of the websites you'll visit probably recommend numbers, capital and ...

An analysis of 6.4 billion breached passwords reveals how football-themed and predictable choices expose enterprise risk and ...

Few Internet frustrations are so familiar as the password restriction. After creating a few (dozen) logins for all our Web presences, the use of symbols, mixed cases, and numbers seems less like a ...

Ever since 2004, the payment card industry has required merchants who accept credit card payments to adhere to the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS, often shortened to PCI). This ...

This standard identifies the minimum password requirements needed to protect Michigan Tech’s data and systems. Passwords are used on University devices and systems to facilitate authentication, i.e., ...

A new look at a database of more than 800 million known-breached passwords reveals that 83% of them met basic security standards set by five different standards agencies. Minimum password lengths ...

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 ...

You must use at least one uppercase letter, a symbol, and a number. Or, wait, maybe not. According to the experts at the National Institute of Standards and ...

Stanford University network engineers have unveiled a refreshingly enlightened password policy. By allowing extremely long passcodes and relaxing character complexity requirements as length increases, ...