"Most websites and companies require passwords that are at least eight characters long, contain lower and upper case characters, a number, and one or more special characters," says Vicent Berk, CEO of network security firm FlowTraq.
These kinds of password policies have actually reduced security overall, argues Jacob West, CTO at HP Enterprise Security Products. "We need to bring some sanity back to our password policies," he says. "A human will never be able to meet these requirements."
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Maria Korolov