Scott Wright at Security Views has this great idea regarding when you should change your passwords. If you’ve changed your smoke detector batteries more recently than you’ve changed your passwords, then you should think about changing some of them now. If you can change passwords more often, great. But I realize that some of us [...]
Posts Tagged ‘passwords’
Passwords are like smoke detector batteries
Posted: December 6, 2008 in general, securityTags: daylight savings, KeePass, Password Safe, passwords, smoke detector battery
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Sarah Palin and the great Yahoo! angst
Posted: September 21, 2008 in general, professional, securityTags: Alan Shimel, blogoshere, email, Google Mail, Hotmail, passwords, personally identifiable information, risk management, Sarah Palin, security, Security Bloggers Network, webmail, wikileaks, Yahoo
I’ve really been trying to stay out of this one. I really have. Mostly because everyone, and I do mean everyone, has this story covered. While mainstream media, in stories like this, were concentrating on where to place blame, whether nasty sites like wikileaks are legal (while dutifully linking the prurient details) and whether Ms. [...]
Keys to the kingdom
Posted: September 9, 2008 in general, securityTags: Bruce Schneier, encryption, multi-factor authentication, open source, password generator, Password Safe, passwords, PCI, SecurePuter, strong passwords
You think we’d have gotten past this by now. After all the research, mathematical and technological advancement almost all of our most valuable digital – and ultimately real – assets are protected by one little word. Usually something lame like our dog’s name or favorite team mascot. That’s right, I’m talking about passwords. In spite [...]
