#WINDOWS NEEDS YOUR CREDENTIALS UPDATE#
#WINDOWS NEEDS YOUR CREDENTIALS WINDOWS#

Additionally, many VPN connections to the DC are established post login so not all potential scenarios that may arise will be resolved without IT support.

Now, some of you are already ahead of me thinking, вЂњmy users use a VPN and are, therefore, logically on the network, so weвЂ™re fine.вЂќ But according to a recent study by Proofpoint, only 39% of users have a VPN installed and only 47% of those folks use it consistently.

#WINDOWS NEEDS YOUR CREDENTIALS UPDATE#

The issue at hand is when the password needs to be reestablished on the Active Directory side of the equation, how do you update the locally cached credentials? The affected user needs to be connected to the corporate network (specifically, to a Domain Controller (DC)) to have a newly established set of credentials cache locally.

The user forgets their password (as in, itвЂ™s been cached for so long, they donвЂ™t even know what it is).

The currently established password is found to be using a compromised/leaked password and is administratively reset.

The userвЂ™s credential is suspected to have been compromised by insider threat or cyberattack and needs to be administratively reset.Old policy remains in place and a password does expire.Despite Microsoft killing the requirement to require users to change passwords frequently, there are still scenarios where passwords need to be reset:

#WINDOWS NEEDS YOUR CREDENTIALS WINDOWS#

So, Windows keeps a copy of the userвЂ™s credentials cached on the local device and the user can freely log in locally while remote without needing to connect to the corporate network. But with approximately 40% of remote workforces using corporate devices while working from home, thereвЂ™s an issue that may be just around the corner that is likely on the cusp of becoming an issue that will involve that subset of your entire remote workforce вЂ“ expiring locally cached credentials.ДЇor those of you new to IT who arenвЂ™t familiar with locally cached credentials, hereвЂ™s the very brief primer: Because the user is remote, they canвЂ™t easily (if at all) connect to a domain controller (DC) on the corporate network. YouвЂ™ve spent the last few months scurrying to establish remote connectivity, cloud-based productivity, and some form of encompassing security вЂ“ all to allow your remote employees to get their job done while meeting corporate governance requirements around security and compliance to as best a degree as possible. ItвЂ™s no secret that some material portion of nearly every workforce is functioning remotely. As organizations work to ensure remote workforce productivity, the issue of cached credentials will inevitably appear, causing a problem for the impacted user, and the IT service desk.

Windows needs your credentials