NIST Changed Guidance for Passwords

 Hello,

This article was pretty interesting to read as I felt it relates a lot to "common sense" almost. The changes themselves are more focused on a change in wording to illicit specific behaviors from credential service providers (CSP) but they also had several methodology shifts too.

Some of the most notable highlights were:

  • Stop requiring users to periodically change passwords (unless a known credential leak occurs)
  • Stop using "knowledge-based" authentication or security questions
The actual rational for these changes was probably my favorite part, citing the fact that people tend to use more comfortable (repeated) passwords when they have to frequently change them.

I highly recommend going to the article to see the rest of what was suggested/updated. 

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