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Password attacks: How to combat them

General | November 15, 2022

Password attacks: How to combat them

"Treat your password like your toothbrush. Don't let anybody else use it, and get a new...

Five worthy reads: Password hygiene - The first step towards improved security

General | July 9, 2021

Five worthy reads: Password hygiene - The first step towards improved security

Five worthy reads is a regular column on five noteworthy items we’ve discovered while...

ADSelfService Plus | April 6, 2021

The road ahead: McKinsey's top 5 cybersecurity predictions for 2021 and beyond

What is a bigger threat to mankind: nuclear weapons or cybercrime? While most would say...

All you need to know about NIST password guidelines

ADSelfService Plus | March 18, 2020

All you need to know about NIST password guidelines

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a physical sciences laboratory...

Users and passwords: Their behavior, your responsibility

ADSelfService Plus | March 3, 2020

Users and passwords: Their behavior, your responsibility

A team of researchers studied a group of users of different age groups, gender, and...

Identity and access management | April 29, 2016

Who said password cracking is dead?

In a recent conference, I was privy to a insightful session on password cracking. No, not...

Identity and access management | January 8, 2015

Active Directory in 2015!

Welcome to 2015! I want to thank all of my followers, loyal ​readers of my articles and...

Identity and access management | January 2, 2015

2014 Security Year in Review

Whew! Thank goodness 2014 is over! Well, at least if you are considering the year's...

Trusting Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer 2.3

Identity and access management | September 11, 2014

Trusting Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer 2.3

Not too long ago, Microsoft updated, or at least updated the version of the Microsoft...

Passwords, King of Authentication: Long Live the King!

Password Manager Pro | June 4, 2014

Passwords, King of Authentication: Long Live the King!

This post is a reproduction of an article I wrote that was originally published in...

$45 million ATM heist turns focus again on insider threats, controlling privileged access!

General | May 13, 2013

$45 million ATM heist turns focus again on insider threats, controlling privileged access!

New wave of cyber-attacks on banks lend credence to the belief that insider threat is...