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Any kind of policies you rely on should be based on a sound understanding of risks, vulnerabilities, and defenses. \u201cBest practice\u201d is intended as a default policy for those who lack the data, resources, funding or training to do their own risk assessments to define their own standards. Regular password change is a long-standing security practice. It was designed to periodically lock out unauthorized users who had learned users\u2019 passwords. Some security experts began questioning the wisdom in enforcing regular password change over a decade ago. However, it is only in the last few years that published research provided evidence that this practice may indeed be less beneficial than previously thought. And even retrogressive. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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