NIST Password Guidelines in 2020

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What are NIST Password Guidelines? Since 2014, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST, a U.S. federal agency) has issued requirements and controls for digital identities, including authentication, passwords (known as “memorized secrets”), and more via Special Publication 800-63B. The latest revision (rev. 3) was released in 2017, with updates as recent as 2019. Revision 4 is currently open for comment and review, however, revision 3 is still the standard as of the time of this blog post. These…

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