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Good News: Proactive password security is increasing in importance.

This post first appeared on blog.netwrix.com and was written by Chris Rich. In a recent download poll performed by NetWrix, an encouraging 54.3% of administrators expressed their need to reset...

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User Password Opinions and Advice on Spiceworks

This post first appeared on blog.netwrix.com and was written by Jeff Melnick. Recently a discussion on Spiceworks induced me to think about password policy, how we should approach it and what are the...

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Why You Need to Ensure Administrators Change Passwords Regularly

This post first appeared on blog.netwrix.com and was written by Orin Thomas. The first time I really felt like I was a system administrator was when the Unix systems administrator in the IT unit I...

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Stopping Skeleton Key Malware from Causing Data Breaches

This post first appeared on blog.netwrix.com and was written by John O'Neill Sr.. Proving the old adage that “criminals never sleep,” a new piece of malware is making headlines. The aptly named...

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Nine Steps to a Better Password Management

This post first appeared on blog.netwrix.com and was written by Richard Muniz. Passwords remind me a bit of the Coyote. Not the one that chases the Road Runner, but the one that lives in my native...

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Four Ways to Create Secure Passwords in a Team Environment

This post first appeared on blog.netwrix.com and was written by Sarah Greesonbach. Any number of unknowns can threaten the security of your environment, but the leading common denominator in threat...

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What To Do about Passwords in Your Disaster Recovery Plan

This post first appeared on blog.netwrix.com and was written by Richard Muniz. One post thread on Spiceworks caught my eye.  The Spicehead wanted to know what to do about passwords when it came to DR...

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How to Create, Change and Test Passwords Using PowerShell

This post first appeared on blog.netwrix.com and was written by Russell Smith. Automation is the key to streamlining Active Directory management tasks. In this article, I’ll show you how to create,...

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Top 5 Human Errors that Impact Data Security

This post first appeared on blog.netwrix.com and was written by Matt Middleton-Leal. Tighter data protection regulations have forced businesses to put data security at the top of their priority list....

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What Is Password Spraying, and How Can You Spot and Block Attacks?

This post first appeared on blog.netwrix.com and was written by Ryan Brooks. In 2019, a data heist at Citrix shook the cybersecurity world. The attackers stole business documents from a shared network...

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5 Top Local Administrator Password Solution (LAPS) Tips

This post first appeared on blog.netwrix.com and was written by Jeremy Moskowitz.The local Windows administrator account is a coveted target for hackers and malware. There are potentially a lot of bad...

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HIPAA Password Requirements

This post first appeared on blog.netwrix.com and was written by Dirk Schrader.The healthcare industry faces a plethora of serious cybersecurity risks. Indeed, 2021 saw a record number of major health...

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Extracting Password Hashes from the Ntds.dit File

This post first appeared on blog.netwrix.com and was written by Jeff Warren.With so much attention paid to credential-based attacks such as Pass-the-Hash (PtH) and Pass-the-Ticket (PtT), more serious...

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