“[LAPS] mitigates the risk of lateral escalation that results when customers use the same administrative local account and password combination on their computers. LAPS stores the password for each ...

Password spraying attacks are making headlines across the cybersecurity landscape, targeting everything from enterprise firewalls to cloud-based user accounts. In one recent case, attackers used ...

BOULDER, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Enzoic, a leading provider of compromised credential screening solutions, today released the latest version of Enzoic for Active Directory. The product is the only ...

PLEASANTON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ManageEngine, the real-time IT management company, today announced the addition of the password policy enforcer in ADSelfService Plus, its integrated self-service ...

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 ...

Active Directory (AD) is a highly attractive target for threat actors due to its critical role as the identity (or access and authorization) system in many organizations. AD houses essential assets ...

Creating enforceable, common-sense password policies has become increasingly critical in today’s business world. One major variable in that equation is terminology. While some words (or strings of ...

It already has great settings for complexity and blocking reuse of old passwords so... Are you worried about blocking naughty words or something? I think the common thing people want is dictionary ...

Regular reviews of the effectiveness of user, admin, and service passwords stored in Active Directory is a good idea. Here's how one password review tool works. More applications and devices are using ...

Both modern Windows systems (e.g., Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2) and Active Directory, like Linux and Solaris systems, allow you to configure password policies that determine how long and complex ...

Microsoft on Monday offered a checklist of best practices for identity security when using Azure Active Directory or Windows Server Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS). Many of these best ...

Microsoft on Monday offered a checklist of best practices for identity security when using Azure Active Directory or Windows Server Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS). Many of these best ...