Set a minimum password length of 12 characters.
Web Application Security: Passwords Checklist is a guide to enforcing strong password policy and security best practices with your applications.
Web applications require multiple layers of security and passwords still play an important role when securing your web application.
Set a minimum password length of 12 characters.
Allow users to use passwords with 64 characters or more.
Allow users to change their passwords.
Require users to set passwords to a complexity match which at least has all of the following criteria: Uppercase, Lowercase, Numbers, and Symbols.
When storing password at rest, use strong one-way hashing algorithm/scheme along with a randomly generated salt per password.
Allow users to use the full Unicode character set.
Verify that the password registered or updated by my users aren’t using a password found in the top 1,000 (or 10,000) breached passwords.
Display to the user a “password strength meter” showing them the strength or their passwords. This provides the user feedback around the strength of their passwords.
NOTES:
- Don't force users to periodically rotate/change their passwords
- Allow users to paste, use the browsers password helper, and user password managers while using my application
Passwords checklist has been submitted to us by Geekmasher based on the NIST 800-63 standards.