Security News > 2024 > January > How SMBs can lower their risk of cyberattacks and data breaches
Enforcing a password policy that helps end-users create stronger passwords and blocks the use of weak and common phrases will make it more difficult for hackers.
Specops data shows that 83% of compromised passwords satisfied both length and complexity requirements of regulatory password standards.
This helps mitigate the risk of stolen credentials and brute-force password hacking.
You can significantly reduce your risk by blocking the use of known compromised passwords with Specops Password Policy with Breached Password Protection.
Conduct password audit scans of your Active Directory with Specops Password Auditor to check end-user accounts against 950 million compromised passwords and other password related vulnerabilities.
Specops Password Policy protection helps enforce compliance requirements by automatically blocking the use of over 4 billion compromised passwords.