Password Security and New NIST Guidelines Special Publication 800-63B

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Unfortunately, the topic of passwords is still taken lightly in many areas. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) provides some guidelines on passwords, as well as alternatives to passwords such as hardware tokens and smart cards, or generally phishing-resistant authentication methods. Microsoft offers an illustrative schema as a graphic here: To operate with …

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No more password sending via email in M365

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A long-overdue decision is finally being implemented. Microsoft has announced that starting from August 30, 2024, they will no longer send passwords for newly created users via email. This feature will be completely discontinued and will no longer be available. I say ‘Very good’. I find the note ‘Admins should use the ‘Print’ option to …

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