password reset
White Paper: Self-Service Password Management
White Paper Password Manager from Netwrix offers a self-service solution that incorporates the best of the reset solution design features. The self-service reset of forgotten passwords and account lockouts offers cost-effective management of the most common... [21 May 2008]
Create a Password Reset Disk
White Paper Prepare for a forgotten password with this easy solution: create a password reset disk. The password reset disk is an indispensable tool that stores a copy of a password in an encrypted format that no one can read. [16 Apr 2008]
Global ISV Management Tools Help Customers Optimize Unified Communications Systems
White Paper And the new voice-driven version of Quest Password Manager will allow users to reset passwords over the phone, saving IT costs and improving user productivity. To help customers maximize the value of unified communications, Quest is extending its... [03 Apr 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]
Password Policy for Directories
White Paper These controls, collectively referred to as "Password policy" might include: passwords must be at least six characters long, passwords must be changed at least once every six months, users must change passwords after an administrator reset. [06 Jan 2008]
Hack forces Fasthosts to change user passwords
News UK web-hosting company Fasthosts has reset customer passwords after a hacker breached one of its servers. Fasthosts subsequently implemented automatic password change to every customer which did not change their control panel and FTP passwords. [03 Dec 2007]
Improve the Efficiency of Your Service Desk
White Paper Are you trying to enable users to resolve some of their more basic issues, including password reset, through user self-service? This paper examines the role of password management including support capabilities and solution economics, and... [09 Jul 2007]
Pharmaceutical Company Streamlines Password Reset Process With Avaya Mailbox Manager and Unimax 2nd Nature
White Paper The company wanted to streamline the password reset process and support company goal of employee empowerment. The pharmaceutical company realized that it needed a simple and cost- effective way for the help desk worker to reset the password - while... [27 Apr 2007]
Insurance Companies Reduce IT Costs
White Paper Avaya and Gold Systems, a Premier-level member in the Avaya DeveloperConnection Program, offer a solution that streamlines the password reset process. Password Reset, a software application developed by Gold Systems, uses Avaya Interactive Response... [25 Apr 2007]
Call Center Voice Biometrics Is Coming
White Paper Voice biometrics can also be used to eliminate the time-consuming "Password reset" process. In the call center world, voice biometrics is the ideal solution: it provides higher levels of authentication/verification, but keeps costs low by... [19 Apr 2007]
MSDN Architecture Webcast: The Digital BlackBelt's Guide to Working With Web Application Passwords (Level 200)
White Paper The presenter also describes methods one can use to prevent credential cracking, reset forgotten passwords, and add code that generates code coverage information (instrumenting) for password usage. This webcast examines best practices for... [14 Apr 2007]
Cisco warns over IP phone flaws
News Cisco said it's possible to reset the device by powering it down and turning it back on again. These IP phones contain a default user account and password that is used for debugging purposes. Cisco said that because of an implementation error, the... [21 Feb 2007]
Seagate to padlock mobile data
News If a password is lost, the drive could be reset by Seagate but there would be no way to get to the data. The new Seagate DriveTrust Technology automatically encrypts all the data written to the disk, making it inaccessible to anyone who doesn't... [31 Oct 2006]
Password Hell (Part 1): The IT chief's nightmare
News John Odell, group IT director at BBA Group, said a lot of time and money is still being wasted by businesses responding to end user problems, such as having to reset passwords. Many companies have automated the process of ensuring passwords are set... [16 May 2006]
Analysis: The way to security and compliance
Comment They were interested in cutting down in calls to the helpdesk from users who needed to reset their password, for example. Unfortunately simple passwords can be easily cracked and companies need to strike a fine balance between the strength of the... [04 May 2006]
