Archive for the 'Password' Category

Call off the dogs–authentication solution already in enterprise-class PCs

Monday, September 15th, 2008

The answer to many of our security problems could be found in chips that are used to store credentials and user certificates says Wave Systems CEO Steven Sprague. While static passwords are still the most widely employed type of user authentication credential today, they are fast losing ground to…
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One in three IT staff snoops on colleagues: survey

Thursday, June 19th, 2008

One in three information technology professionals abuses administrative passwords to access confidential data, according to a survey. FRANKFURT–One in three information technology professionals abuses administrative passwords to access confidential data such as colleagues’ salary details, personal emails or board-meeting minutes, according to a survey. U.S….
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