Hackers are constantly attempting to steal passwords, with Microsoft tracking 1,287 password attacks every second in 2022. If successful, the stolen passwords could open the door to other accounts, ...

Imagine having unlimited attempts to guess someone’s username and password without getting caught. That would make an ideal scenario for a stealthy threat actor—leaving server admins with little to no ...

When was the last time you reviewed your password policy? It's probably time to update, and Microsoft Azure has a good tool to set up and manage that policy. If you are like most IT administrators, ...

IT security professionals have long recommended that password policies be configured in a way that prevents users from reusing their old passwords. Netwrix for example, recommends that your password ...

Microsoft recently outlined some best practices to protect user identities in Windows Server Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) or Azure Active Directory (AD). In its announcement, Microsoft ...

Microsoft this week announced the previews of two password security capabilities for organizations using the Azure Active Directory service or Windows Server Active Directory. One of previews is Azure ...

How do you guys deal with AD service accounts that are part of the password policy? I'm looking for a way to notify the owner of the account that the password is about to expire via e-mail. We run a ...

Microsoft's Azure Active Directory Password Protection feature is now deemed ready for deployment by organizations, having reached "general availability" status, according to Microsoft's announcement ...

A new Azure Active Directory registration process became generally available (GA) this week, adding multifactor authentication (MFA) and self-service password registration. The new combined ...

Microsoft has finally come to the conclusion that, as far as passwords are concerned, size really does matter after all. Alex Simons, vice-president of program management at Microsoft's Identity ...