Password Management Best Practices: Stemming the Tide

This one is geared to all you IT professionals out there who are looking to create a strong, effective, and simple to manage password policy.  We’ve talked before about password best practices, and what not to do.  If you want some more information on that particular subject, check out some of the information provided by the security experts over at PortalGuard.  Today, however, we’re going to look at the password policy in some more detail to figure out what password management best practices are the most effective in actual use. 

Password Policy Best Practices | 4 Ways Being Hacked Educated Me

Here at HackerAttacker, we talk a lot about how to protect yourself from hackers of all shapes and sizes (or colors, as it were).  What we rarely talk about is what it is liked to actually be hacked.  There are countless examples of various individuals being hacked (and we’ve talked a lot about some big company hacks as well), so you know it isn’t some rare occurrence.  Today, I’m going to talk about some password policy best practices I learned from being hacked myself, and how the experience changed the way in which I approach my online security.

Authentication Best Practices - Brief History of Security

We talk a lot about the digital age of warfare here at HackerAttacker.  It’s kind of the most popular aspect of the digital age today.  Just take a look at history; war is always resting at or about the pinnacle of the public forum.  Why mess with a classic? When it comes to security and authentication best practices, however, there are more avenues to peruse than simply the digital side of warfare.  In that element, we are going to take a look at some older forms of deception and how they play a role in the social relationships inherent in digital security and authentication.