Securing privileged access is a critical first step to establishing security assurances for business assets in a modern organization. The security of most or all business assets in an IT organization depends on the integrity of the privileged accounts used to administer, manage, and develop. Cyber-attackers often target these accounts and other elements of privileged access to gain access to data and systems using credential theft attacks
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Bash function to generate a random alphanumeric string
Create a random string in Bash easily. You can use this Bash function in your .bashrc file to generate a random string of alphanumeric characters. This comes in handy when you need to generate a long, secure password for example. Adjust to your needs.
Generate pseudo-random passwords with OpenSSL
Generate a random password using OpenSSL. OpenSSL comes in handy when you need to generate pseudorandom strings, for example to be used for passwords. In this short post I’ll give you a quick example on how to generate random passwords with OpenSSL in Linux (Bash), Windows and PHP, perfect for use with for system accounts and services accounts.
WordPress CMS admin password reset
How to reset your WordPress password? If you’ve lost or forgotten your WordPress admin password, you can easily reset the password. Either use the following MySQL statement to reset your WordPress admin password, or change it through functions.php

Umbraco CMS admin password reset
If you forgot your Umbraco admin password, use the following SQL query to reset your Umbraco admin password in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) or MySQL