There is an article on Silicon.com about how companies can manage their passwords. The author offers the following tips for fostering a culture of secure and more effective password management:

Passwords must not be written down. Passwords must be set. When the password is “ChangeMe”, then change it. Require as few passwords as possible. Balance how much password […]

I have a password overload. Everywhere I go on the Net, I have to login. That means I have to memorize dozens of user name and password combinations.

I could just use the same user name and password on all sites, but this is not only insecure but also most of the time not possible because […]

Thanksgiving holiday is over and another work week is ahead. Last Friday we drove up to Mount Hood (East of Portland, Oregon). We barely made it back down, a snow storm hit the mountain while we were there. My wife took the following picture from inside the car while I was driving on a […]

In response to the recent publication by Joshua Wright and Carlos Cid, entitled “An Assessment of the Oracle Password Hashing Algorithm“, Oracle has just sent out the following e-mail to its customers (I got it a few minutes ago):

Today you need to remember many passwords. You need a password for the Windows network logon, your e-mail account, your homepage’s ftp password, online passwords (like CodeProject member account), etc. etc. etc. The list is endless. Also, you should use different passwords for each account. Because if you use only one password everywhere and someone […]

Use this script to protect online files. Users cannot cancel out of it. It can also be used with your browser’s home page to control Internet access on your own computer.