Security News > 2021 > August > How Companies Can Protect Themselves from Password Spraying Attacks
The password spraying attack is a special kind of password attack that can prove effective in compromising your environment.
While a password spraying attack attempts to bypass this mitigation and can prove successful, password lockout policies are a good line of defense against brute force attacks in general.
For businesses looking to implement modern password protection in their Active Directory environment, third-party tools are needed to protect against breached passwords and bolster default Active Directory password policies.
By increasing the cybersecurity posture by having more robust password protection, organizations can help to prevent password spraying attacks.
Attackers often use password spraying attacks to compromise accounts with known passwords and avoid the password lockout policy.
Its breached password protection service includes a new addition of live attack data that protects businesses from real password spray attacks happening right now.