Some 70% of organizations rely on a password-centric approach to authentication. The password is still the dominant login credential in enterprise settings. New research and guidance in the last few years has changed industry consensus as to the best way of doing this. The latest iteration of the NIST Digital Identity Guidelines (Special Publication 800-63B), for example, challenged conventional wisdom about password hygiene on several fronts. Read on to glean some of the latest in unconventional wisdom about passwords that cybersecurity leaders should know.”]
Source: https://www.darkreading.com/application-security/7-unconventional-pieces-of-password-wisdom