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Glossary: Passwords, Automation and AI in Security Operations

banned password list

Also written: blocklist, blocklist check, banned list

A list of known leaked and common passwords that the system checks whenever a password is set or changed, refusing any match. Kettle & Crane's policy report showed blocklist_check = no, which was a FAIL.

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