![]() ![]() ![]() By using this method, employees generate passwords that are both easy to remember and hard for hackers to crack. The three random word password strategy is a great way to ensure that your employees are taking security seriously, no matter where they happen to be working. And, in the current climate of decentralised work spaces, this strategy continues to stand head and shoulders above the alternatives. So, several years ago, the National Cyber Security Centre recommended the Three Random Word strategy as an alternative way to create passwords. Users revert to variations of something they already know and use, mistakenly thinking it is strong due to its compliance with password strength meters. Surprisingly, enforcing these complexity standards yields more predictable passwords. Of course, attackers are aware of these methods and use them to their advantage. In reality, we can't remember random character strings, so we employ known patterns (such as replacing the letter "o" with a zero) to fulfil the 'complexity' standards. The mistaken belief is that these requirements (the use of an uppercase letter, a digit, or a special character) forces the user to build a password that will fool the hackers. ![]() It is common now for sites to enforce complexity requirements on users when they need to create a new password. How can you make sure that your employees are taking the same level of care with their passwords when they are working from home as when they are in the office? Combine this with an environment in which digital security is becoming harder and harder to defend and you have a recipe for disaster. These days almost all businesses are faced with a hybrid situation where their employees work partly from home and partly in the office. ![]()
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