Password Lockout

Definitions

1. A condition in which an account is temporarily or permanently blocked after too many failed authentication attempts. Password lockout helps slow guessing attacks, but if tuned poorly it can be abused to deny access to legitimate users.

   In plain English: A login block triggered after too many wrong password attempts.

   Example: "The attacker never cracked the account, but repeated bad guesses caused a password lockout that disrupted the on-call engineer."

Related Terms

• OAuth
• Default Password
• Digital Identity
• Email Security
• Enrollment
• Fingerprint Scanner
• Impersonation
• Lockout Policy
• Privileged Account