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The Power of a Password
IT Security is resident in the minds of most business owners at some level. Most people assume their computers are secure by using things like firewalls and user accounts and locking down their important data.
The problem is many people leave the front door open without even realizing its happening. The New York Times posted a nice article yesterday that gives some insight on poor end user habits in terms of passwords (http://ow.ly/YW1m).
Simply put, as a business owner you should never put the responsibility of strong passwords in the hands of your end users. All it takes is one “weak” password to make your infrastructure vulnerable to the rest of the world or even your own users. There are many ways now to enforce password policies on the network and provide administrative controls over what people can and cannot do.
Strong password policies are the beginning of a great security plan for your technology. As a part of our technical assessment that we do for clients, we include a security analysis that reviews security aspects of the network including the strength of passwords. Investing thousands of dollars in technology equipment won’t matter if the passwords to protect it are weak so make sure to lock it down.
