---
id: 4242
title: "What the Newly Drafted NIST Password Guidelines Mean to You"
source_domain: bishopfox.com
source_url: "https://bishopfox.com/blog/newly-drafted-nist-password-guidelines"
published_at: "2017-05-30T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["authentication", "nist", "mfa", "passwords", "identity", "guidelines"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/4242"
lang: en
---

# What the Newly Drafted NIST Password Guidelines Mean to You

## Summary

NIST's newly drafted digital identity guidelines analyzed: passwords checked against breach lists, dictionary words and context terms; SMS dropped as a single factor as push-based MFA gains ground.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** bishopfox.com
- **Published:** 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://bishopfox.com/blog/newly-drafted-nist-password-guidelines
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/4242