Microsoft announced the configuration baseline settings draft release for Windows 10 v1903 (19H1) and Windows Server v1903, as well as the intention to drop password expiration policies starting with ...

Humans are terrible at passwords. You might think they're rare but recent surveys show that many passwords are just as useful as having no password at all. Some ...

The current policy of enforcing password changes every 60 days will no longer be a part of Microsoft's baseline security configuration for organizations. When you purchase through links on our site, ...

Want to remove Password Complexity requirements? In Windows 11 and Windows 10, it is possible to customize the Password Policy using the Local Security Policy panel ...

I recently changed my 2008 R2 domain password policy but it resulted in my main admin acct. being locked out!! I was able to change it back, but I wanted to know why this happened and how I should ...

How to manage your users’ Windows passwords with Group Policy Your email has been sent You can enforce various policies to make sure your users meet certain ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. This article is more than 6 years old. Last month I reported ...

IT security professionals have long recommended that password policies be configured in a way that prevents users from reusing their old passwords. Netwrix for example, recommends that your password ...