We have about 30 remote users who dial into a Cisco RAS from a notebook with WinXP Pro. We recently (as in Monday, the 8th) established and put into place GPO for passwords. The reset hit in an ...

Want to remove Password Complexity requirements? In Windows 11 and Windows 10, it is possible to customize the Password Policy using the Local Security Policy panel ...

For a while I thought that one of our domain controllers was having issues - We have several of them in local and remote sites. But that doesn't seem to be the case. Using the set command to see the ...

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 ...

Sharing a computer with multiple people can be challenging, especially when it comes to protecting that PC against security risks. Whether you use a shared PC at home, in a home office, or in a small ...

Bad passwords are easy to remember, but also easy to guess -- and that can give an attacker access to your online accounts. That's why the UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has explained why ...

Generative AI is accelerating password attacks against Active Directory, making credential abuse faster and more effective.

Cyber Essentials revised its password-based authentication requirements in 2022 in response to the ever-changing threat landscape. The changes highlight a shift towards tighter technical controls and ...

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 ...

The Interior Department’s lax cybersecurity practices—including employees’ use of easily hackable passwords and inconsistent deployment of multifactor identification—leave the agency vulnerable to ...