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Podcast: Passwords: You Are the Weakest Link

Why are companies still recommending an 8-character password minimum?Β  Passwords are some of the easiest targets for attackers, yet companies still allow weak passwords in their environment.Β Multiple service providers recommend […]

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Webcast: Passwords: You Are the Weakest Link

Why are companies still recommending an 8-character password minimum?Β  Passwords are some of the easiest targets for attackers, yet companies still allow weak passwords in their environment.Β Multiple service providers recommend […]

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Passwords: Our First Line of Defense

Darin Roberts // β€œWhy do you recommend a 15-character password policy when (name your favorite policy here) recommends only 8-character minimum passwords?” I have had this question posed to me […]

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WEBCAST: Blue Team-Apalooza

Kent Ickler & Jordan Drysdale // Preface We had a sysadmin and security professional β€œAA” meeting on November 8, 2018. We met and discussed things that seem to be painfully […]

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Finding: Weak Password Policy

David Fletcher// The weak password policy finding is typically an indicator of one of two conditions during a test: A password could be easily guessed using standard authentication mechanisms. A […]

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An Open Letter about Big All-Powerful Company’s Password Policy

Kelsey Bellew // Dear Big All-Powerful Company, Your idea of a β€˜strong password’ is flawed. When I first saw the following message, I laughed. I said out loud, β€œNo, you […]

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