The drawbacks of passwords are well-known – simply put, they can be hard to remember, easy to guess, and can be a general nuisance for both end users and security personnel.
Not surprisingly, recent initiatives toward ‘passwordless’ authentication have gained a lot of attention. However, the passwordless movement is still early, and passwords remain a staple of many firms’ security framework. Passwords will be with us in some fashion for the foreseeable future.
Read how Enzoic has developed a set of APIs and Active Directory plug-ins that scan for weak and compromised passwords across the public internet and dark web to help avoid account takeover (ATO) and credential-stuffing attacks.