Posted by: secureitfoundation on: September 7, 2011
It has been difficult to avoid the news stories regarding a Dutch company called Diginotar and the prediction of the end of Internet security as we know it. Some stories have been based on facts, while others have clearly been written just to sell news or by those who have little comprehension of how the [...]
Posted by: secureitfoundation on: December 3, 2009
By strong password, we don’t mean how much can it support if printed out in 3D lettering! We mean a password that cannot be easily guessed, is not found in a dictionary of any language, is made up of lower and upper case letters, includes those funny symbols from the number row on your keyboard [...]
Posted by: secureitfoundation on: October 10, 2009
Currently the most popular method of securing a computer is to use passwords. This is an old technology that dates from the earliest shared computers. To understand why passwords on their own are not ideal for security, you need to understand a little history of early computers. In the old days, many academics shared a [...]
Posted by: secureitfoundation on: October 6, 2009
As recently shown with release of 10, 000 hotmail user names and passwords for the email service to the world, passwords can be compromised. Regardless of the length of your password, you should change it at least once a year for all your email, websites and computer accounts. The reason being is that passwords are [...]
Posted by: secureitfoundation on: September 12, 2009
In the first part of this blog we told you about the history of password, the second part we explained how to create a secure password. The third part of this trilogy is to explain how to improve your security by using something you know i.e. a password, with something you have i.e. a token, [...]
Posted by: secureitfoundation on: September 5, 2009
Last time we discussed the history of passwords, this week you will learn how to create a secure password and next week what two factor technology can be used to secure your computer accounts and passwords. To understand what is a secure password you need to know how the bad guys can break your password. [...]
