SpyCloud adds a password filter feature to Active Directory Guardian - Help Net Security

SpyCloud adds a password filter feature to Active Directory Guardian - Help Net Security

SpyCloud announced it has added a new password filter feature to SpyCloud Active Directory Guardian.


With dozens or hundreds of online logins to manage, people often take shortcuts to keep track of their passwords. They use memorable words or names, easy-to-type strings such as “12345678”, or even passwords they’ve used before.


Because these habits are so commonly followed, they also are easy for bad actors to figure out. As a result, for the last four years, weak and stolen passwords were consistently the top hacking technique identified in the Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report.


SpyCloud Active Directory Guardian now automatically prevents employees from setting risky passwords using a password filter.


When an employee sets a new Active Directory password, the password filter automatically screens the choice for repeated or sequential characters, up to 30, ..

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