For decades, we have assumed our local computing devices are a safe place to store digital secrets. Most software, systems and security protocols make this assumption.

There were roughly 30 Street teams that participated in Korelogic’s 2020 Crack Me If You Can password cracking contest at Defcon. I took 4th place.

There’s an old quip about solutions causing more problems: Some people, when confronted with a problem, think “I know, I’ll use regular expressions.” Now they have two problems.

Understanding basic password types will help you devise a strong password management strategy for all of your accounts. In general, and at a high-level, there are two basic types of passwords.

I once worked in highly regulated environments and needed a way to recall dozens of complex passwords that changed frequently. I tried to use a password manager, but could not due to the burdens and insecurity of some common design flaws.

Some years ago, I worked for an organization that was involved in federally funded research. Occasionally, government IT auditors (or contractors that they hired) would visit our facilities to audit our systems.