The NCSC recently announced revisions to the Cyber Essentials scheme, including annual expirations on certificates. Yet, there are no plans to update technical controls, such as the password policy requirements. What does this mean for your organisation? Read More
Election Security Beyond the Voting Booth
A lot of the focus of today’s U.S. election security discussion is about securing the act of voting itself – things like testing machines, adding paper logs, avoiding internet connections for reporting results, etc. However, if you’re just focusing... Read More
“Love” conquers most in passwords
Stockholm – Specops Software announced today the latest updates to Specops Breached Password Protection, a solution to continuously check if an account in Active Directory is using a leaked password. Analysis reveals the most common words used in password... Read More
NIST password standards and requirements
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) sets the information security standards for federal agencies. Through its Special Publication (SP) 800-series, NIST helps organizations meet regulatory compliance requirements such as HIPAA, and SOX. The recent update to the... Read More
Identify and remove leaked passwords
Stockholm, June 25, 2019 – Specops Software announced today a new release of Specops Password Policy. The solution’s downloadable leaked password list with close to one billion passwords, now supports leaked password scanning. The solution enables you to detect... Read More
Passwords are the biggest threat to GDPR compliance
Data protection authorities have imposed their first GDPR fine in Germany after a local chat service exposed 330,000 credentials. What will be the consequence of the Collections leak that impacts 2.2 billion usernames & passwords? Read More
How and why the NHS should transform password policy for greater security
The password policy guidance from the NHS doesn't stand a chance against today's attacks. With a single breach opening the door to other systems, the NHS needs to stop users from using vulnerable passwords. Read More
Press release: Block 1 billion leaked passwords with Specops Password Policy
IT departments can now use Specops Breached Password Protection, a hosted service with a continuously updated list of leaked passwords, to prevent users from utilizing high-risk passwords. Read More