Microsoft has announced that it will be banning the use of poor passwords on its Azure platform. The use of any commonly used passwords will simply be blocked, ensuring that users are forced to input a better password. This is not an isolated incident. Microsoft analyses more than ten million attacked accounts daily, from which it constantly updates its list of banned passwords.
Microsoft has announced that it will be banning the use of poor passwords on its Azure platform. The use of any commonly used passwords will simply be blocked, ensuring that users are forced to input a better password. Writing about the subject, the company advises that users be better educated against reusing corporate credentials outside the workplace, and advocates the enforcement of multi-factor authentication. Microsoft analyses more than ten million attacked accounts daily, from which it constantly updates its list of banned passwords.