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Tag archive for ‘password security’

Tip of the Week: Write Your Passwords Down on a Post-It Note

Yes, you read that title correctly. Having recently written about widespread password insecurity, I now advise all readers to write their passwords down on a Post-It Note. But I haven’t lost my sanity, nor sold out. There’s more to the story.
Particularly, the line of reasoning follows a great blog post by Sean over at F-Secure. [...]

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 [...]

Tip of the Week: Don’t Keep All Your Eggs (Passwords) In One Basket

This week’s Tip centers once again on password security. Think it doesn’t matter? Consider the rash of recent reports such as the Verizon 2009 Data Breach Investigations Report that once again show how password security is apparently lost even on professions whose job it is to ensure it!
Talk to ten people on the street, and [...]

Tip of the Week: Forget Your Passwords

Most of today’s web browsers offer the ability to “remember” passwords and usernames for websites. This is very convenient.
It’s also a horrible idea, at least without a good plan for response if the computer is stolen. Another laptop is stolen every 12 seconds. Imagine writing your name and address on your keychain, which has your [...]