The tragedy is that added complexity doesn’t guarantee safety. Cybercriminals have long since adapted to password advances ...

Have we finally cracked the code on password security? A recent update to password best practices from the National Institute of Standards and Technology revealed that longer login credentials indeed ...

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 ...

In today's digital landscape, robust password management is critical to information security. With the increasing complexity of cyber threats, ensuring secure access to sensitive information has ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Lars Daniel covers digital evidence and forensics in life and law. The National Institute of Standards and Technology released ...

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 can be difficult to manage. They have to be long and complex enough that hackers can’t guess them through brute force, and you need to have a unique password for every single account so that ...

When it comes to security, compliance frameworks are a great start; they're proven, research-based foundations that provide your organization with a baseline for cybersecurity activities. They give ...

Even after years of reminders to use stronger passwords, organizations are still using weak passwords, such as variations of "password" and "123456," to secure their remote desktop protocol (RDP) ...