Is your company still following outdated password rules?
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued a new draft of its Digital Identity Guidelines. The Special Publication, 800-63-3, includes sections that cover Enrolment and Identity Proofing Requirements, Federations and Assertions guidelines, and Authentication and Lifecycle Management.
While each of these documents are helpful in many regards, the one that will impact the security industry with the broadest reach is the Authentication and Lifecycle section. This section has some very advanced, yet timely guidance about passwords, or as NIST likes to call them, “Memorized Secrets”.
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