Passwords: They're Not All They're Cracked Up To Be

Plante Moran provides an in-depth look at password security and sheds light on some of the hacking tools out there. These tools are far better at guessing than you may imagine and, at rates of up to billions of guesses per second, much more persistent.

So, what are our options? How can we combat this rising issue?

No password is uncrackable. Given enough time, resources, and fervent dedication, any password can be compromised. As technology evolves — and it constantly is — we need to consider the new and sophisticated ways that the science of cracking passwords is taking advantage of human limitations.