Comments on: Simple Security Tips for Executives http://www.thehotaisle.com/2009/02/18/simple-security-tips-for-executives/ Fresh Thinking on IT Operations Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:02:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: thehotaisle http://www.thehotaisle.com/2009/02/18/simple-security-tips-for-executives/comment-page-1/#comment-1454 thehotaisle Fri, 20 Mar 2009 11:39:02 +0000 http://www.thehotaisle.com/?p=1055#comment-1454 Thank you for this comment. It is quite unbelievable how so many people seem to think that any old password will do.<br><br>Steve Thank you for this comment. It is quite unbelievable how so many people seem to think that any old password will do.

Steve

]]> By: Mark Pennington http://www.thehotaisle.com/2009/02/18/simple-security-tips-for-executives/comment-page-1/#comment-1326 Mark Pennington Tue, 10 Mar 2009 10:58:10 +0000 http://www.thehotaisle.com/?p=1055#comment-1326 This is a valuable and straight forward piece of information. I would slightly expand and say to ensure that any passwords used be secure. All the above is well and good but if someone can simply guess a password it doesn’t stop any of them.<br><br>"The analysis found that 16 percent of passwords were someone's first name, 14 percent were simple passwords, such as "1234" or "qwerty," five percent were names of TV shows or movies, four percent were "password" and three percent were passwords like "whatever" and "I don't care." If you add all of that up, weak passwords accounted for 42 percent of all the passwords analyzed." - <a href="http://www.worldstart.com/tips/tips.php/5377" rel="nofollow">http://www.worldstart.com/tips/tips.php/5377</a><br><br>It’s fairly straight forward, use a password that utilises numbers, letters and if appropriate special characters.<br><br>Very useful and informative article This is a valuable and straight forward piece of information. I would slightly expand and say to ensure that any passwords used be secure. All the above is well and good but if someone can simply guess a password it doesn’t stop any of them.

“The analysis found that 16 percent of passwords were someone's first name, 14 percent were simple passwords, such as “1234″ or “qwerty,” five percent were names of TV shows or movies, four percent were “password” and three percent were passwords like “whatever” and “I don't care.” If you add all of that up, weak passwords accounted for 42 percent of all the passwords analyzed.” – http://www.worldstart.com/tips/tips.php/5377

It’s fairly straight forward, use a password that utilises numbers, letters and if appropriate special characters.

Very useful and informative article

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