Say you have to create a password for a new work resource. It requires an upper-case letter, a lower-case letter, a number, 500 characters, and your first-born child. What would you make it? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Exaggerations aside, studies show<\/a> that most people will go with something easy, something they\u2019ve used before, or something actually secure, but then write it down<\/a> on paper. And who can blame them? As organizations\u2019 stacks move to the cloud and diversify, users have more accounts to manage, and there\u2019s only so much they can commit to memory. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Single sign-on (SSO)<\/a> and passwordless authentication<\/a> relieve some of the burden, but they don\u2019t address the resources that don\u2019t support that technology and you still need to enter a password as part of the authentication chain at some point. It\u2019s also important for admins to be able to view usage logs and prevent data loss. That\u2019s where password managers come in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In 2022, JumpCloud introduced JumpCloud Password Manager\u2122, which can be used on its own or integrated natively within the JumpCloud Directory Platform to secure and streamline the password authentication process. It\u2019s easy to enroll users and teams into Password Manager. This blog covers how it works, its key features, why password managers help with security and usability, and how to get started using JumpCloud Password Manager.<\/p>\n\n\n\n