Many people believe that hackers started at the dawn of computers and the internet being created. In fact, that is not true. Hackers evolved into hacking computers, smartphones, the internet, and so much more! One of the first known hacks…
If you watch the television series, Shark Week, that premieres for only one week per year, you might relate to the creepy, spine-chilling feeling when you watch people go underwater with lots of sharks. Some people have meat around their…
Are you struggling at work to create a password that won't get you in trouble for being "too easy" or "too weak? Or are you struggling to educate your employees on how to make a secure password so your company…
First and foremost, I would like point out that a password policy is only as good as the settings that you select. For example, you could pay a company millions of dollars for the most secure password policy in the…
This topic might seem to alarm you since the fate of your company will be placed in the hands of your employees. When I talk to many prospective customers of nFront Security, I hear the common problem of end-users selecting…
Did you know that one in six people select their pet's name as their password?
To put this more into perspective, the last year the US Census was taken that categorized the US population into age groups was 2014.…
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…