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On week one of my current job, I turned that off for the whole company. Here's the citation you can give your security department to show them why they're doing
by kstrauser 6mo ago
On week one of my current job, I turned that off for the whole company. Here's the citation you can give your security department to show them why they're doing it wrong.
NIST Special Publication 800-63B, the July 2025 version, section 3.1.1.2, says:
"Verifiers and CSPs SHALL NOT require subscribers to change passwords periodically. However, verifiers SHALL force a change if there is evidence that the authenticator has been compromised."
The previous version from June 2017, section 5.1.1.2, says:
"Verifiers SHOULD NOT require memorized secrets to be changed arbitrarily (e.g., periodically). However, verifiers SHALL force a change if there is evidence of compromise of the authenticator."
So 9 years ago, NIST said to stop requiring that. Last year, they clarified that to say, no, really, freaking stop it. Any company still making people do that today is 9 years out of date, and 1 year out of compliance.