Articles Tagged with ''password protection''

How cybercriminals can utilize AI to crack employee passwords.

Using standard "enter your username and password" login credentials for any cloud-based resources is a security nightmare for IT teams.

Employee exposure was measured in a report that observed a 62% password reuse rate among Fortune 1000 employees who have been exposed more than once. 

Security leaders were surveyed on the use of personal devices for work-related tasks, balancing corporate security and employee privacy.

Research highlights current shifts in identity management including passwordless authentication and personally identifiable information ownership.

A recent study of 800 million breached passwords found that 88% of passwords used in successful cyberattacks were 12 characters or less.

Companies must utilize best practices while filling productivity gaps while also managing the risks that come with working alongside external groups. 

Virginia Tech IT security leaders advised LastPass users to change their passwords to protect against data breaches and paused their LastPass rollout.

The “Secrets Insights Across the Software Supply Chain'' report from Apiiro discovered vulnerable personally identifiable information (PII) and passwords stored in private and public repositories.

Monitoring for unusual activity, hardening access privileges and regularly testing backups are among the top strategies to mitigate cyber threats targeting the active directory (AD) of an organization.