Archive for January, 2010
Tip of the Week: Use a Real (Strong) Password
Continuing the mini-theme of password security, since it has been shown to be so crucial to overall data security, let’s consider the strength of password values themselves.
Most “lay” people–just regular folks–will use easy to remember passwords. Way too easy, that is. How about these:
password123
test
password
<user’s name>
<user’s spouse’s name>
Think back to a great Tom Clancy book made [...]
Rip of the Week: 10,000 Detroiters At Risk After Data Breaches
Happy New Year to all! My hope would be for a 2010 that’s way better than 2009 with respect to the flood of data breaches. We shall see. I cannot say I’m truly optimistic.
This weeks’ Rip of the Week concerns two devices stolen from the health department in Detroit. Thanks go to Redemtech for the [...]
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