When it comes to protecting cloud applications such as O365, two-factor authentication (2FA) has some serious limitations. A dynamic MFA solution frees users from passwords, and secures the authentication process. Read More
Leetspeak passwords – predictable and crackable
Leetspeak enables users to create passwords that are easy to remember, and easy crack. By preventing users from utilizing character substitution during password creation, Specops Password Policy can guide users towards stronger passwords. Read More
Why are organisations at risk of password leaks and password dictionary attacks?
As long as people reuse their passwords, dictionary attacks will work. Password blacklisting is an effective way to shift the burden from users and prevent dictionary attacks. Read More
Why is Office 365 MFA important?
Office 365 is a hot target for attacks. Protecting organizational data in Office 365 comes down to preventing various attacks designed to gain access to user accounts. Read More
Press release: Block 1 billion leaked passwords with Specops Password Policy
IT departments can now use Specops Password Blacklist, a hosted service with a continuously updated list of leaked passwords, to prevent users from utilizing high-risk passwords. Read More
Copying data from one attribute to another attribute in Active Directory
We often have customers that want to allow their users to use their mobile device as an identity service for our self-service solutions. By default, we use the ‘mobile’ attribute in AD as it automatically enrolls a user into... Read More
Following up on your vulnerability and penetration testing
You’ve performed your security assessment, found the flaws in your network environment, and now know where your gaps are. What’s next? Do you simply hand the report off to another team and hope that everything gets addressed? Do you... Read More
Custom ADMX templates for the Specops Authentication Client with Specops Password Reset
One of the great things about Specops Software solutions is that they are designed to require as little installation effort as possible. This means that our customers can get a system up and running very quickly, usually zero impact... Read More
Low-hanging security fruit you can’t afford to overlook
Vilfredo Pareto got it right many decades ago when he said that 80 percent of the effects come from 20 percent of the causes. This very principle can be applied to your information security program. Rather than getting caught... Read More
Regular Expressions for Passphrases
As a follow up to our Regular Expressions for password complexity blog post, we’ll look at some of the more interesting things you can do with regular expressions. These are typically (but not necessarily) used in organizations using passphrase... Read More