Tag: Password Reuse

To reduce the risk of a breach due to weak or stolen passwords, companies are adopting multifactor authentication, which requires users to submit an extra piece of data in addition to their password.

With SSO, employees can use one set of credentials to access all their apps instead of remembering, looking up and frequently resetting multiple passwords.

By implementing passwordless authentication, organizations can deliver the experience customers deserve and the security they demand.

The Collection #1 data breach, which exposed nearly 733 million unique email messages and 21 million passwords, underscores the urgent need for enterprises to adopt multifactor authentication.

Splash Data released its list of the worst passwords of 2018. How does your enterprise stack up, and what advice can you give users to help improve their password security hygiene in the new year?

NIST has changed its long-standing recommendations for password management, favoring minimal user friction over complexity requirements and regular password updates.

Common password management habits have been insecure and out-of-date for a while. But despite knowledge of the risks around recycled credentials and other gaps, users have been slow to change tack.

A recent study showed that employees are failing to follow basic corporate cybersecurity best practices, such as creating unique passwords across multiple accounts and using two-factor authentication.

A group of researchers proposed a new framework that would enable web services to share users' password hash data in an effort to reduce password reuse.

A recent report found that poor password security practices persist despite heightened awareness around data breaches.