passwords
RSS passwordsPassword Management Survey: IT Managers Respond to the Impact of Password Policies on Security and Productivity
White Paper Employees in companies from across all industries find themselves having too many passwords. A growing trend for many companies is to implement stronger password policies designed to increase network security. [12 Nov 2009]
Solving the Password Management Paradox: Defining the Problem and Reviewing the Four Best-Known Solutions
White Paper Many companies attempt to address their security concerns by simply implementing stronger password policies, requiring employees to remember more and stronger passwords for all applications. This paper reviews the... [12 Nov 2009]
Stopping Rootkits at the Network Edge
White Paper Rootkits can perform many nefarious functions, capturing and forwarding passwords and other confidential information, sending out spam, attacking other machines, or allowing remote control of the machine's operations. [12 Nov 2009]
Keeping Secrets: Good Password Practice
White Paper Passwords and passphrases are one example of a form of security measure called authentication. It gives them to people so that they can use them to prove that they are entitled to use something to which access is... [12 Nov 2009]
Mobile Phone Networks for Communication in Feeder Automation
White Paper The mobile phone networks include several security aspects such as encryption, VPN, firewalls, static IP, passwords etc.which are adequate for any Feeder Automation application. The techno-commercial feasibility of using... [12 Nov 2009]
iPhones under attack from Rick Astley worm
News Security companies have warned owners of jailbroken iPhones to change root log-in passwords immediately. Some iPhones have come under attack from a worm that replaces the devices' default wallpaper with a picture of Rick... [09 Nov 2009]
A Process Approach to Protecting Privileged Accounts & Meeting Regulatory Compliance
White Paper This paper will present BeyondTrust PowerKeeper as a solution to secure passwords for privileged accounts in heterogeneous IT environments. This white paper outlines a sound process-based approach in protecting critical... [16 Oct 2009]
Rid your business of weak passwords and get collaborating
Comment All this has led organisations to turn to stronger forms of authentication than simple usernames and passwords, often in the form of security tokens that provide an extra layer of assurance that users are who they say... [15 Oct 2009]
Thousands of Hotmail account details posted online
News Hotmail account logins and passwords have been posted to a public forum following a phishing attack. Several thousand users are thought to be affected although the lists of Hotmail user credentials have since been... [06 Oct 2009]
An Overview and Competitive Analysis of the One Time Password (OTP) Market
White Paper As attackers become more daring and manipulative, information systems that rely on static passwords for security are a major risk factor and are often the key reason that those systems are breached, leaving the... [06 Oct 2009]
Scraping, Denial of Service, and Brute Force Attacks! Oh My!: Identifying and Controlling Automated Clients
White Paper Many systems will allow the use of weak passwords or cryptographic keys, and users will often choose easy to guess passwords, possibly found in a dictionary. Anti-Automation defenses are critical in... [06 Oct 2009]
The Fraudster Economy Model: The Dynamics of Operating a Business in the Underground
White Paper Phishing first gained traction in 1996 with hackers trying to steal America Online passwords from unsuspecting users. Today, it has evolved into a far more menacing criminal enterprise, with bands of fraudsters working... [06 Oct 2009]
User Centric Identity Management
White Paper Users are, for example, often required to memorise multiple passwords for accessing different services. Identity management is traditionally seen from the service providers' point of view, meaning that it is an activity... [05 Oct 2009]
Vacman Controller: HSM Integration Guide
White Paper The Vacman Controller allows the verification of passwords and signatures generated by a DIGIPASS. To verify these passwords, the Vacman Controller needs access to the parameters and secrets that were... [02 Oct 2009]
Identikey Server 3.1: Strong Authentication Solution for Enterprise Security
White Paper Regular static passwords are the weakest link in any security infrastructure, as they can easily be guessed, copied, exchanged, shared, and misused. Simple passwords are easy to remember but highly... [02 Oct 2009]
