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Cut Through the Noise: Are Password Managers Still Safe and Secure?

Password managers are a tool that greatly simplify passwords by securely storing them in a single location, but what happens when they fail?

Authored byLance Spitzner
Lance Spitzner

As passwords continue to be a key control in securing both organizations and personal lives around the world, people are becoming overwhelmed with not only all the different, complex rules on how to use passwords but simply the number they have to manage. Password managers are a tool that greatly simplify passwords by securely storing them in a single location. Some are concerned that password managers can be a single point of failure, which is absolutely true. But until we have a better solution, in most cases, the benefits with password managers far outweigh the risks.

SANS Institute | Are Password Managers Still Safe and Secure?