Password Cracking Tools – 700 words
Password Cracking Tools – 700 words
- Describe Password Cracking Tools in simple nontechnical terms for the leadership. You can identify which tool is the most effective and why for your organization’s IT environment
- Compare and contrast the results from the two methods used to crack the accounts for the three passwords (each encrypted by the two hash algorithms). Show their benefits. You can make certain conclusions that help your company’s cybersecurity posture after using these methods.
- Explain to the director of IT and the members of the board that the healthcare organization’s anti-virus software will detect password cracking tools as malware. Also explain how this impacts the effectiveness of testing security controls like password strength. Help the leadership understand the risks and benefits of using password cracking tools, through persuasive arguments in your report and presentation. If any of the tools take longer than 4-5 minutes to guess a password, record the estimated length of time the tool anticipates to guess it.
