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What About Password Manager Risks?

KnowBe4

In KnowBe4’s new Password Policy ebook, What Your Password Policy Should Be , we recommend that all users use a password manager to create and use perfectly random passwords. A perfectly random 12-character or longer password is impervious to all known password guessing and cracking attacks.

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The Real Danger of Compromised Passwords

Adapture

In fact, if you have a Google account, you’ve probably seen a list of some non-Google accounts you own that have compromised passwords. Compromised accounts aren’t the only ones at risk. I’m no longer using the sites where those compromised passwords are found.” Here’s why. You might say, “Well, that’s alright.

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Credential Stuffing vs Brute Force – When Strong Passwords Are Not Enough

Adapture

Credential Stuffing vs Brute Force Over the past couple of decades, we’ve been constantly reminded to use strong passwords. This was supposed to minimize the risk of an account takeover (ATO) and, more importantly, a full-blown data breach. In fairness, strong passwords can still thwart brute force.

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erwin® Data Modeler by Quest® R12.0: Leading the way with a new DevOps GitHub capability

erwin

We will continue this progress in DevOps integration to reduce risk and speed collaboration between developers and DBAs. Specifies the password to log on to the Git hosting service. eBook: Taking Control of NoSQL Databases. This is a great milestone and step forward. GitHub : Indicates that erwin Data Modeler connects to GitHub.

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Passkeys and The Beginning of Stronger Authentication

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Despite solid cybersecurity defenses within her enterprise, the reliance on age-old passwords left it vulnerable. They struggled to create and remember complex, ever-changing passwords for the maze of systems they accessed daily. But while passwords have served their purpose, they have outlived their usefulness.

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What will be your decisive moment to secure your cloud applications in a Zero Trust world?

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

IT and business decision makers must be vigilant in understanding the risks to their cloud solutions in order to implement the ones that are most relevant and effective. Perhaps someday, password fatigue, frustration and password resets can truly be a thing of the past. Important Changes Are Happening.

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To Achieve Zero Trust Security, Trust The Human Element

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

As World Password Day comes around again this May 6 th , how much has changed in the year since we last marked the occasion? With more employees working remotely than ever before due to COVID-19, businesses are at greater risk from a cyber-attack with workers accessing systems outside of the usual company network. Encryption.