What can a systems administrator do to protect against password attacks
Prevention is essential to protection against various types of password attacks, unauthorized access and related threats. Expert Adam Gordon outlines how to proactively bolster your defenses. Show
The following is an excerpt from the Official (ISC)2 Guide to the CISSP CBK, fourth edition, edited by Adam Gordon,... CISSP-ISSAP, ISSMP, SSCP. This section from Domain 5 highlights actions infosec pros can take proactively to minimize the risk of password attacks and other access breaches. Protecting against access control attacks requires that the security professional implement numerous security precautions as well as rigid adherence to a strong security policy. The following list identifies many security precautions, but it is important to realize that this is not a comprehensive list of all proactive preventative steps that the security professional can take.
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What strategies should be implemented to protect against password attacks?Strategies for Reducing the Risk of a Password Attack. Pen Test. ... . Use Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) ... . Enforce and Manage Strong Passwords. ... . Monitor Activity. ... . Layered Defense for a Strong Security Posture. ... . Consistent Trainings and Reviews.. What are the five main password attack techniques?What are password cracking techniques?. Brute force. This attack runs through combinations of characters of a predetermined length until it finds the combination that matches the password.. Dictionary search. ... . Phishing. ... . Malware. ... . Rainbow attack. ... . Guessing.. What is the best defense against password cracking attempts?Create Long, Random, Unique Passphrases: Strong passwords resist password cracking attempts. Passwords should be over eight characters in length and made up of both upper and lowercase letters, numbers, and symbols. Avoid using dictionary words, names, and other human-readable passphrases.
What preventive measures protect password from threat?Password Lock-out
A common approach to reduce the risk of brute-force attempts to log in to an account is to either lock the account or increase the delay between login attempts when there have been repeated failures. This can be effective in slowing down attacks and giving responders time to react to an alarm.
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