Password Management
Yesterday it was reviled that the password for an administrative assistant’s email account at Twitter was compromised. As a result, secretive company documents were leaked to the web. Additionally, the CEO’s wife had her email account compromised and so was their personal Paypal account. You can read all of the details here. Compromises like this are certainly embarrassing and can happen to anyone from any company.
This brings me to my next point, not only should your password be strong but your hints to reset your password should not be easily guessed. If you have your hometown, birth date, and your mother’s maiden name on your Facebook page, an attacker is going to exploit this information for their benefit. You can never be too careful! Last week we posted a link to a great website that assesses password strength.
So now that you have super strong passwords (and super secret password hints!) how in the heck do you manage them all? We’ll tell you how! Read full article »
July 16th, 2009