This question was answered on July 1, 2011. Much of the information contained herein may have changed since posting. I understand why you say that I should use complex passwords that are different for ...

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The password problem — weak, reused credentials that are easy to compromise yet hard to remember and manage — plagues users and organizations. But despite technological advances, passwords still guard ...

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A recent study by cybersecurity firm Kaspersky has unveiled a disturbing reality about the state of password security. The research analyzed 193 million passwords found on dark web resources, ...

When engineer Bill Burr from the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) wrote in 2003 what would soon become the world’s gold standard for password security, he advised people and ...

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Katherine Haan, MBA, is a Senior Staff Writer for Forbes Advisor and a former financial advisor turned international bestselling author and business coach. For more than a decade, she’s helped small ...