Ever since 2004, the payment card industry has required merchants who accept credit card payments to adhere to the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS, often shortened to PCI). This ...

Passwords are an important aspect of computer security. A poorly chosen password may result in unauthorized access and/or exploitation of Connecticut College's resources. The purpose of this policy is ...

The password problem — weak, reused credentials that are easy to compromise yet hard to remember and manage — plagues users and organizations. But despite technological advances, passwords still guard ...

Having a strong password is the first line of defense against malicious actors attempting to access your private information. There are a few tried-and-true methods for creating a strong password, and ...

Password-manager purveyor LastPass has announced it's setting new rules about the strength of customer passwords, with a new mandate that account master passwords include a minimum of 12 characters. A ...

A new look at a database of more than 800 million known-breached passwords reveals that 83% of them met basic security standards set by five different standards agencies. Minimum password lengths ...

Security pundits have long called for the banishment of passwords, but the fact is they aren’t going anywhere, anytime soon. In fact, 88% of organizations still use passwords as their main form of ...

I work for a small organization with about 20 geographically dispersed users, most of them with a notebook each (mix of XP, Vista, and 7). We want to make sure that every user account has a password, ...

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 ...

Use a strong password to keep your accounts locked down.