Specops Software Blog

Stockholm, August 21, 2019 – Specops Software is excited to announce that the equity investment firm, Monterro has become the majority owner of Specops Software. Specops Software and Monterro jointly see the acquisition as a great opportunity for accelerated... Read More

Security researchers gained access to more than 27.8 million records, including fingerprints, facial recognition data, usernames and passwords, in the mostly unencrypted and unhashed Biostar 2 database. Biostar 2 is a web-based biometrics locking system used for physical security... Read More

Encryption is a necessary component of an organization’s security policy. The GDPR encryption requirements consistently call for "appropriate technical" and "organizational measures." Read More

A long password is a strong password, however it’s still not any good if it contains your username or other easily guessable words. This blog explains how you can enforce password length alongside other best practices. Read More

In today’s threat landscape, encryption is a necessary component of an organization’s security policy. Encryption is the process of changing information to make it unreadable by anyone except those possessing special knowledge (commonly referred to as a secret key) that allows them to change the... Read More

This blog describes how you might audit active directory passwords to check that no weak, easy-to-guess, or known leaked passwords are being used in your organization. Read More

Stockholm, June 19, 2019 – Specops Software announced today a new release of Specops Key Recovery. The solution now provides self-service key recovery for devices encrypted with BitLocker. This allows users to unlock their devices with multi-factor authentication, without... Read More