We already know that most users’ clever passwords aren’t protecting them from hackers. It turns out that the complex password requirements most sites ask you for aren’t doing as much to help either.

As ransomware attacks continue to wreak havoc on organizations worldwide, many official standards and regulations have been established to address this pressing issue. This article examines the common ...

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 ...

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 ...

Few Internet frustrations are so familiar as the password restriction. After creating a few (dozen) logins for all our Web presences, the use of symbols, mixed cases, and numbers seems less like a ...

I went on a rampage, and updated my passwords to Incredibly Long Ones. About 35 characters per password. The main site updates went fine (I tested as I went along), and then I hit my Appleid. Now the ...

This standard identifies the minimum password requirements needed to protect Michigan Tech’s data and systems. Passwords are used on University devices and systems to facilitate authentication, i.e., ...

In recent years the received wisdom on passwords -- that they need to be complex, lengthy, and changed frequently -- has begun to be challenged. These type of passwords are not only potentially ...

Mike Chapple is associate teaching professor of IT, analytics and operations at the University of Notre Dame. But there’s good news for those frustrated by unwieldy password practices. Cybersecurity ...