NIST droped mandatory password complexity rules. Here's why composition requirements backfired, what SP 800-63B-4 recommends instead, and a 5-step checklist to migrate your Group Policy off the 2010-era checklist.
Zero-knowledge encryption means the server never holds your decryption keys, only ciphertext. Learn how the key chain works, what it protects against, what it doesn't, and how to verify a vendor's claim.
Passwork earns SourceForge's Top Performer badge for Summer 2026 — its second straight quarter, backed by verified reviews and a 4.9/5 overall rating.
16 billion leaked credentials. A €2.2–2.5 billion shutdown at JLR. One stale service account exposed data across four major firms. Here's what the biggest data breaches of 2025–2026 reveal about credential risk, and the six controls that would have stopped most of them.
Four EU member states referred to court, the Netherlands' NIS2 law enters force August 15, Germany's BSI is auditing 29,000 entities, and the EU published its first AI-cybersecurity action plan. Here's everything that changed in June–July 2026.
GDPR, NIS2, ANSSI 2027 — the regulatory pressure keeps building. We compare Passwork and 1Password on the criteria that matter to European businesses: data sovereignty, audit readiness, deployment model, and real total cost of ownership.
15,000 Fortinet credentials exposed. 27 million recovered from dismantled infostealers. A French national registry breached through one government account. Meanwhile, Europe is advancing post-quantum authentication and AI-driven identity security. 8 key stories and what they mean for your team.
Complexity rules failed. Adding @ to your dog's name doesn't make a password strong — it makes it predictable. This guide covers what NIST SP 800-63B actually requires, why Diceware beats every complexity rule, and the one-passphrase system that solves the rest.
This week: 86,000 Fortinet devices compromised, 24 billion credentials leaked, OAuth tokens stolen via a forgotten service account, and an AI agent exfiltrated AWS credentials in under two minutes. 14 incidents, one pattern — and three actions your team can take right now.
LDAP still runs identity infrastructure at 90% of enterprises — and it's an active attack surface. Two critical RCE vulnerabilities patched in 2025, credential harvesting at record levels. What to fix, how to harden it, and where the real risk sits.
