The key to our engagements often and unfortunately involve the discovery of credentials on internal network file shares. We’re going to show you how we find cleartext password storage problems and how to address them.
Password. Password123. Yea, you’ve seen them all when it comes to bad passwords. It comes standard when managing IT security.
But while your organization likely requires special characters, uppercase letters and even a number or two, if you don’t require longer passwords you’re not taking one of the most important steps to protect your network.
We’ve laid out 14 credible reasons to require everyone in your organization to use 14-character passwords. We’re pretty sure you’ll be convinced. If not, long live Password123.
It’s tempting to re-use the same password for multiple online accounts. Many of us have done it (it’s OK; this is a safe space). Convenient as it seems, this action puts you at high risk to get hacked via credential stuffing.
Over the past years, we’ve urged companies to start using Multi-factor authentication (MFA) – and many have followed through. Unfortunately, we have a long way to go.
First, the good news. MFA protects by adding a layer of security using an out-of-band authentication step, making it harder for attackers to gain access to an organization. Not to mention, it keeps security top-of-mind for users, since they’re notified during each authentication.