Every day when I speak to various members of IT departments that are interested in the nFront Password Filter, there are a few common topics that we speak about during our conversations. First, he or she will mention that they…
Humans are very predictable and unless we see our company's name plastered across every news channel and online search engine due to a data breach, we will probably assume our company's network is safe, and we are doing a decent…
Running a password cracker is a standard part of any security audit procedure. Password crackers generally work in 4 ways – (1) a brute force crack (2) a dictionary crack (3) a hybrid dictionary crack and (4) rainbow tables. The…
Oftentimes, we are asked "What is the best password policy?"
There is no one size fits all policy that works for everyone. Your policy needs to be reasonable and not too overbearing. I have compiled some…
At nFront Security, we believe that providing tips and checklists are a great way for IT Administrators to know if they are forgetting about any important security measures that might have slipped their mind. There is a famous quote that…
October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, so below are some spooky tips to protect your company and be cyber smart!
Back in April 2014, Stanford University created a password policy which let end-users determine the level of complexity for their own password. Shorter passwords will result in an end-user using more character types and longer passwords will result in an…
Dictionary blacklisting, also known as dictionary checking, is a very important security measure to have in place for passwords. Dictionary checking prevents the use of common passwords like Password, Welcome, and Baseball. We all know these passwords are insecure and…
Rainbow Tables are a very successful method of cracking passwords that are 14 characters or less, and it is one of the top tools used by hackers to steal your information. Your employees may not realize the impact a password…
We completely understand. You had an audit last year and one of your action plans was to create a more secure password policy because employees were using Password1 as their password. Chances are, there are probably numerous words like “summer,”…