Security News > 2022 > August > Minimizing the security risks of Single Sign On implementations
Because the user was only required to remember a single password, an organization could require additional password complexity, thereby improving the overall password security.
While the use of SSO did indeed result in some organizations adopting stronger password policies, it also created additional security risks.
The Active Directory allows organizations to establish a strong password policy based on its own security requirements.
Better still, Microsoft has designed the Active Directory to be extensible, which means that you can use a third party products such as Specops Password Policy to vastly improve password security.
First, Specops Password Policy improves upon the password policy settings that are built into the Active Directory.
Specops Password Policy augments the native password settings by adding other essential controls such as the ability to block the use of incremental passwords or to prevent certain passwords from being used.