"Poor Password Policy? New Study Probes Prevalent Protection Problems"

Dashlane, a password management service, conducted a new study that reveals the quality of password policies implemented by popular web services such as Amazon, Dropbox, QuickBooks, and more. The study conducted, analyzed 40 popular online portals using a set of five rules to evaluate the enforcement of password protection on each service. Rules used by Dashlane in this study, evaluates requirements in the creation of passwords, password creation feedback, brute-force protection, and two-factor authentication. This article further discusses the results of the study, suggestions for creating secure passwords, and ensuring secure password creation without inconveniencing users. 

Security Intelligence reports "Poor Password Policy? New Study Probes Prevalent Protection Problems"