Security questions, also known as challenge questions or secret questions, are a way to help you recover access to accounts when you forget your passwords. Security questions are meant to protect your accounts, but they can actually provide hackers... Read More
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Claims-Based Identity: A Better Model for Authentication
Claims-based identity is a common method used by applications to obtain identity information about a user that another application has authenticated. Claims are pieces of information about a user that have been packaged and signed into security tokens and... Read More
Why won’t my WinPE image connect to my deployment server anymore?
If your WinPE image will no longer connect to your deployment server, it may be because of the following: A driver has been added to the boot image that isn’t Windows PE compatible, the boot image has become corrupt,... Read More
Press release: Specops Software supports Windows 10 in Specops Password Management
Support for Windows 10 in Specops Password Policy, Specops Password Reset and Specops Password Sync Support for the new Google API in Specops Password Sync Maintenance release delivers continued development Stockholm, Sweden – May 25, 2015. Specops Software announced... Read More
Using claims-based identity to achieve multi-factor authentication
Claims-based identity in real life The claims-based identity model is a secure way to authenticate users for access but understanding how the trust relationship works is key. Instead of jumping into claims, security tokens and Identity Providers let’s talk... Read More
Press release: Specops Software launches Specops uReset to deliver flexible multi-factor authentication for password resets
Specops uReset eliminates the need for security questions Many identity services and admin enrollment options increase usage Mobile handsets can be used for high-trust authentication Stockholm, April 23, 2015 – Specops Software announced today the launch of the next... Read More
Security questions – a flawed model
It is ingrained in our mind that we should create secure passwords. Most times we attempt to create strong passwords that guard our information against hacker attacks but there’s a security hole we often overlook – security questions. For... Read More
Rolling out new password policies: Changing the pwdlastset attribute
Rolling out new Password Policies can require planning. Captain Obvious? Maybe. But planning, planning and planning will ensure you ask all your questions upfront. It is tortoise and hare right? “Less haste, more speed!” In discussing some planning with... Read More
Custom Attribute Mobile
Overview Specops Password Reset (SPR) leverages mobile devices for resetting passwords, and receiving new, possibly temporary, passwords from the Service Desk. When organizations choose to use Mobile Devices, the mobile numbers must be available to the Service Desk. SPR... Read More
Orphaned Deployments
I have been known to say “Group Policy comes without a this may be a career limiting configuration change you are about to make, are you sure!? message.” You can do a lot of things with GP that can cause... Read More