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Passwords remain a major risk to enterprises. This is true even though safe password practices have been widely promoted for a decade. Nearly half (49%) of incidents cited in Verizon’s 2023 Data Breach Investigations Report involved compromised passwords. Enter NIST’s new Digital Identity Guidelines, SP 800-63-4 . In the new report, NIST advocates for dropping onerous password requirements and focusing on the practices which are most effective. Let’s look at a few of the updated guidelines. [More]