passwords in comment and analysis
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Security scare
Comment Lock down all vital documentation with passwords and encryption - and the emphasis has to be on the vital. Without revealing what I did or how and where I did it, I have to confess to having just done something absolutely stupid. [18 Jun 2008]
Dear silicon.com... outsource vs insource, Naked CIO on open source, password overload…
Comment I think a big problem is password expiry - the effect of these policies is, in my experience, equivalent to ensuring people use the minimum complexity passwords that will be accepted by the system. Then we have silicon.com resident Naked CIO who... [08 May 2008]
Are we losing the security war?
Comment P is for Passwords Five years ago, hopes were high that cyber crime could be cracked. Now security experts admit traditional approaches can't keep pace with the growth in malware. What can be done to turn the tide, asks Simon Moores. [29 Apr 2008]
FBI cyber crime chief on botnets, web terror and the social network threat
Comment People are not doing the basics, using antivirus software, downloading patches, using firewalls, using passwords that are not easy to guess, being careful where they surf and what they click on and opening email with attachments coming from... [15 Apr 2008]
Legal Eye: Could you end up footing your e-crime bill?
Comment Phishing in particular, where members of the public are tricked into providing bank details or passwords by bogus emails, remains the method of choice for e-criminals. The banks and building societies have just signed up to a new code. [15 Apr 2008]
Box-tickers risk serious data breaches
Comment P is for Passwords Life would be simple if curing security headaches were just a matter of buying some new technology. In reality, good security requires fundamental organisational change, says Danny Bradbury [28 Mar 2008]
How to detect data leaks
Comment P is for Passwords Data leaks are a growing problem. Yet most firms don't know how sensitive data is getting out, let alone how to stop it. Tools exist to shore up those vulnerabilities, says Anthony Plewes. [19 Mar 2008]
ID tech tightens up compliance
Comment But, as reliance on technology continues to grow, the number of passwords that users have assigned to them has mushroomed, leading not only to insecure password management practices but also causing many headaches for helpdesks that must reset... [18 Mar 2008]
Malice, misuse, mistake - security dangers pile up
Comment P is for Passwords Putting a ring of steel around corporate data is only part of the answer. The real security threats may actually lie uncomfortably close to home, argues Stewart Baines. Hardly a week passes without another big data breach... [10 Mar 2008]
Locking down financial security
Comment How many non-technical consumers are adept at managing PINs and passwords? One might reasonably expect the finance services sector to be well in credit when it comes to electronic security. But losses from online fraud continue to rise. [24 Dec 2007]
Data encryption brought into focus by HMRC
Comment P is for Passwords Therefore authorised personnel need to be given passwords of a suitable complexity that they can be remembered but not cracked. Since that catastrophic incident, the Information Commissioner, Richard Thomas, has come forward to... [21 Dec 2007]
Editor's Blog: Missing data, missing brains
Comment P is for Passwords The fallout from the loss of sensitive data held by Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs on 25 million people is only just beginning to be felt. From my point of view, it's rare indeed that the subject of two silicon.com campaigns... [21 Nov 2007]
Tech Visions: TV extends its reach
Comment Customers assign passwords to their device. The power of broadcasters to dictate what you watch and when is waning. Silicon Valley-based Howard Greenfield looks at what's accelerating that trend and giving businesses easy remote access to video. [24 Oct 2007]
Editor's Blog: Grey areas, honesty and naivety
Comment Without touching a colleague's PC and doing nothing more pernicious than apparently asking the colleague to print a file from the key, Andre Muscat from security vendor GFI Software was able to steal all manner of data and passwords. [26 Apr 2007]
The dos and don'ts of VoIP security
Comment Another best practice that needs to be extended to voice is changing the default passwords of all of the components of the system. Phones, for example, can become vulnerable if their passwords are not changed as they offer many points of entry for... [04 Apr 2007]
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