I was just reading an article that indicated in a recent study, 50% of user passwords are easily guessable. Do you know what the most popular password is? 123456 yes, that’s 123456.
I have been working with several Clients this week helping them with PCI compliance. Tough stuff. Ports on firewalls, encryption, properly update software, policies, etc, etc, etc. And guess what, it’s all worthless! If we can’t get users to create and use secure passwords, we can just stop all this other stuff and stop kidding ourselves. Our business and personal data will never be secure.
I had a conversation with someone yesterday that told me he did not need a firewall at home because he is using a MAC. He just wanted to be able to connect to the corporate network remotely.
As business owners and managers, we have not done our job educating our workforce on security related issues. (Not to mention educated ourselves) As individuals we are not taking security serious enough. Data is lost and business/personal identities are stolen every day. We need to do a better job with this stuff. The most basic building block of any security strategy is the password. It’s certainly not the only thing, but it is the foundation. You can have all the security devices you want in your home. If you leave the key in the front door, you’ve wasted your time and money.
By the way, what are your passwords?
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