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It’s a while since the Grant McGregor team shared information about password best practice – and a lot has changed. Not least in terms of the new guidance in the UK Government’s Cyber Essentials scheme, but also in terms of the technology solutions now available to strengthen security. Earlier this...
Last week there were stories that a password manager called LastPass had seen some of its customers’ master passwords compromised. The company denies that happened. And it’s possible that some of the people who reported being affected had old accounts with master passwords they’d used with other...
The National Cyber Security Centre says maintaining a password blacklist is an essential part of good password security. We take a look at what should be on your blacklist and how to go about enforcing it.
Access control is fundamental to security – whether in your home, your office or your IT infrastructure. If passwords are the keys that open the doors to your IT estate for legitimate users, how do you stop them falling into the possession of malicious actors?
For thousands of years, passwords have been used as a means of authentication; a way in which people could be confident that security was maintained.
Passwords have an important role to play in any organisation’s cyber security – whether to protect user access to applications, data or email. So what should organisations be doing to ensure that the passwords and password policies being used are up to scratch?
Security is a huge issue for businesses in the digital age. With more businesses now switching to the cloud than ever before, there is a greater need to protect data and ensure that it doesn’t fall into the wrong hands.
In the digital age, data is one of the most valuable parts of your business. Therefore, data security is something that should be a concern for every business owner. Security threats like phishing scams and CEO fraud are very real, so you should take any steps you can in order to keep your business...