Microsoft recommends a multi-tiered approach for securing your ADFS environment from password attacks. Learn how Specops can fill in the gaps to add further protection against password sprays and other password attacks.
To better understand how to protect passwords in your environment from attacks, let's look at the top 10 password attacks and see what your organization can do to prevent them.
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As important as end user training and message filtering may be, there is a third method that tip the odds in their favor. Because phishing attacks often come disguised as password reset emails, it is important to handle password resets in a way that makes it obvious that email messages are not part of the password reset process.
Given that passwords have had such unprecedented longevity, it would seem that password security best practices would be refined to the point of perfection. Even so, Specops Software's first annual Weak Password Report has yielded some interesting results that may cause you to rethink the way that your organization manages passwords.