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Which U.S. government body updated its password guidelines in 2017 to recommend against mandatory special-character requirements?
Answer
NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology)
NIST's Special Publication 800-63B, updated in 2017, reversed long-standing advice by recommending against mandatory special characters, password expiration cycles, and complexity rules, finding they pushed users toward predictable patterns like 'Password1!' rather than stronger passphrases.
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Passwords containing special characters are no longer recommended by cybersecurity experts because they're often predictable and harder for users to remember securely.
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- CISA (Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency)
- NSA (National Security Agency)
- FTC (Federal Trade Commission)
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- cybersecurity
- passwords
- nist
- security-standards
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