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In June 2018, Microsoft announced a public preview of Azure AD Password Protection, bringing its banned-password technology to customers' cloud accounts and...
Microsoft Entra Password Protection blocks weak and commonly attacked passwords. In the cloud it works automatically for Entra ID accounts; extending it to...
A custom banned password list blocks the terms attackers are most likely to try against your organization. Use this checklist to build one that works.
The short version: Most password rules produce predictable passwords like "Summer2018!", which attackers try first. In 2018, Microsoft introduced a way to...
In December 2016, Yahoo disclosed that data from roughly one billion user accounts had been stolen in 2013. Months earlier it had disclosed a separate 2014...
Turning on multi-factor authentication for every Microsoft 365 user is the single most effective identity control you can deploy. It is also the change most...
Credential stuffing uses username and password pairs leaked from other breaches to try to sign in to your Microsoft 365 tenant. Detection is about spotting...
The short version: When a big company like Yahoo loses billions of passwords, your company is also at risk. Your employees reuse passwords, and attackers...