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Brute Force Attack Prevention

Benefits​

Protecting your users from brute force attacks provides:

  • Enhanced Security: Multi-layered protection against automated password attacks
  • User Protection: Safeguards user accounts even when passwords are weak or reused
  • Compliance: Helps meet security requirements and industry standards
  • Attack Visibility: Provides insights into attempted unauthorized access patterns
  • Proactive Defense: Automatically blocks repeated attack attempts before they succeed

Overview​

A brute force attack happens when attackers try to guess passwords by trying many different combinations quickly. They use computers to test thousands of password combinations per second, hoping to find the right one.

What makes passwords vulnerable:

  • Simple passwords like "12345" or "password"
  • Passwords reused across multiple services
  • Passwords that appeared in data breaches

cidaas protects against these attacks using multiple security layers that work together.

Key Protection Mechanisms​

cidaas provides three main defense mechanisms:

  1. Account Lock Mechanism - Automatically locks user accounts after too many failed login attempts, stopping attackers from continuing to guess passwords
  2. Password Policy - Requires users to create strong passwords with specific rules (length, complexity) that are harder to guess
  3. Compromised Credentials Detection - Checks if a password has been exposed in known data breaches and blocks it from being used

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How It Works​

These protection layers work together like multiple locks on a door:

  1. Password policies make users create strong passwords that are difficult for computers to guess
  2. Account lock mechanisms detect when someone tries too many wrong passwords and temporarily blocks access
  3. Compromised credential detection checks passwords against databases of known breached passwords
  4. Together, these create multiple barriers that attackers must overcome

Think of it like a bank vault: even if someone gets past one security measure, they still face others. No single mechanism is perfect, but together they provide strong protection.

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