With Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2, for example, there are more than 3,700 settings for the operating system alone. Windows passwords aren’t even close to secure until they are 12 characters long. To be truly secure, 15 characters is the magic number in the Windows authentication world. Get these 10 settings right, and you’ll go a long way toward making your Windows environment more secure. Use the newer Fine-Grained Password Policies instead of using the older password policies.”]