UK's National Crime Agency discovers 585 million compromised passwords in cloud storage facility

The NCA announced in December that it found millions of compromised passwords in a UK cloud storage facility. Our research team analyzed the dataset and wrote up our findings on the blog.

Specops Password Security Software

IT security starts with strengthening the weakest link – passwords. Specops Software is a leading password management and authentication solution vendor. We protect business data by blocking weak passwords and securing user authentication. Our solutions are natively integrated with Active Directory, ensuring all sensitive data is stored on-premises.

Create & manage an AD password policy

Simplify passwords for users, and place the burden on authentication systems. A third-party password policy solution can help users create stronger passwords.

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Enterprise Password Management

Your employees are likely using dozens of logins in the course of their work days. Bring the same level of protections you want on an Active Directory password to the rest of the passwords in use in your organization.

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Password reset best practices

Security is key when evaluating a self-service password reset tool. When a user can’t remember their password, they must establish their identity with another secure factor.

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Active Directory Password Screening

Stop the ripple effect of breaches with a user-friendly authentication system that automatically blocks breached passwords from being used in Active Directory.

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From Our Blog

Corporate account takeover attacks and prevention

Jan. 17, 2022

Corporate account takeover is a form of identity theft, wherein an unauthorized entity steals and assumes an employee’s digital identity, to perform actions on behalf of that user, while remaining undetected. The popularity of corporate account takeover attacks lies in their afforded safeguards for bad actors. The stolen identity of a trusted entity makes compromise extremely difficult to detect, which delays response…

Securing ADFS against password spraying attacks

Jan. 10, 2022

Australia’s Cyber Security Strategy and stolen credentials

Jan. 03, 2022

Free Active Directory Auditing Tool!

Authentication and password security is more important than ever. Our password audit tool scans your Active Directory and identifies password-related vulnerabilities. The collected information generates multiple interactive reports containing user and password policy information.

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