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The Gist of NIST: Password Recommendations to Remember

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National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is a non-regulatory federal agency within the U.S. Department of Commerce. NIST develops both Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) as well as guidance documents through its Special Publications (SP) 800-series) NIST recommends eliminating the requirement for character variation in passwords. Screening passwords against lists of commonly used or compromised passwords, such as those that have already been leaked, also recommended screening passwords against blacklists. A cyber-security company that helps organizations automatically detect the use of compromised credentials.

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