Many people may have been surprised by the massive Sony Pictures hack that happened late 2014, but security experts saw it coming a long time ago. In 2005, Sony received an auditing report that they were Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) incompliant.... Read More
Press release: Specops Password Policy Blocks Vulnerable Passwords
Stop users from creating passwords on known leaked password and password hash lists. Block password and password hash lists from major leaks Test hash of new password against hash dictionaries Specops Software announced today a new release of Specops... Read More
Will you pass a HIPAA audit?
One of the most valuable types of data is online healthcare patient data. Multiple Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) breaches in the past showed that fraudsters obtained the records and filed false claims with insurers or bought... Read More
Top data breaches in 2015
2015 is the year that every organization woke up to the dire state of security. As the year comes to an end, we look back on some of the high-profile top data breaches and the damage they have done.... 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
Press Release: Specops Password Management now supports passphrases
Passphrase policy increases password security New admin interface improves user experience Stockholm, Sweden – June 17, 2014. Specops Software announced today the latest release of Specops Password Management. The new version now supports the use of passphrases in addition... Read More
Inconsistencies in Password Settings
I have had a couple of customers baffled when their default domain policy has one set of password settings but there is a different set of password settings listed for the Default Domain Policy when they look Specops Password... Read More