IRS changes public password policies to match NIST guidance
New guidance from the tax agency’s Office of Safeguards comes following a request from Sen. Wyden’s office.
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Interior Department watchdog finds 5% of active credentials at agency use word ‘password’
Interior Department IG staff were able to crack passwords for 16% of agency users within the first 90 minutes of testing.
Modernizing password and secrets management to strengthen zero-trust posture
Password and secrets management play increasingly important roles at federal and state agencies as they strengthen their organization’s risk posture and defend against sophisticated cyberattacks, says Darren…
State Dept IT leader on how the agency is moving faster towards zero trust
Rob Hankinson says that both the COVID-19 pandemic and the recent EO on zero trust have accelerated the agency’s adoption of cloud, identity management and single sign-on…
Three best practices to reduce insider cyberthreats
A new white paper advises agencies on ways to strengthen insider-threat detection and optimize IT resources in the fight against malicious users.