http://www.silicon.com Results for passwords en-us http://www.silicon.com/i/s/feeds/simple_logo.gif http://www.silicon.com 124 50 News feed from silicon.com http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39668397,00.htm The Payment Card Industries Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS), which any business taking credit or debit card payments should adhere to, recommends "auditing all privileged user activity" as well as avoiding the use of vendor-supplied defaults for... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/mobile/0,39024665,39668395,00.htm Like the first worm - unearthed last month - to attack iPhones, this latest exploit also affects jailbroken devices with SSH (secure shell) protocol-enabled and unchanged default passwords. A second iPhone worm has been identified. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:40:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60813194p,00.htm Passwords are typically controlled by the password owner, who can use easily guessed passwords, share passwords with others, write passwords down, or use the same password to access multiple systems. Organizations of all sizes and in all industries... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60817734p,00.htm The emergence of a long-awaited digital identity layer for the Internet means the evolution from an identity model based on one-dimensional cookies and passwords to a new model based on two-dimensional Information Cards. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60817596p,00.htm Requests to reset expired passwords can constitute a sizable portion of the total help desk workload. Because password expiration is periodic, the help desk tends to be flooded with calls about expired passwords every once in a while. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60817749p,00.htm Authentication with username and passwords can be reduced to this provocative and simple quote. When ones factor in security, the explosion in passwords to access sensitive company data and IT systems is actually reducing security. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60817528p,00.htm User authentication with user name and passwords can simply be reduced to this provocative and simple denominator. And if one adds the factor security, passwords are no longer an appropriate solution to secure the access to sensitive company data... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60817668p,00.htm Courion's PasswordCourier Telephone Access option enables users to securely reset their forgotten passwords through an Interactive Voice Response (IVR) application, using a touch-tone telephone. As with all PasswordCourier access options, users are... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60817783p,00.htm Sharing privileged account passwords is a security and compliance no-no, while more complex methods, such as dual controls, can hinder business processes. Organizations must prove that privileged and root operations are suitably controlled, but... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60817807p,00.htm This benefit can be even further enhanced when the solution is combined with technologies that reduce the overall number of passwords that must be managed. Obviously, the ROI for implementing a self-service password reset solution is significant. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60817636p,00.htm With so many employees accessing up to thirty different resources over the Internet to do their daily jobs - often with thirty different usernames and passwords - organizations are struggling to maintain a secure working environment. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60817727p,00.htm Unfortunately, this kind of problem is frequently resolved by the administrator using the brute force method, without using any special software for resetting and restoring passwords. In order to protect important data, it uses a large variety of... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60817404p,00.htm This whitepaper identifies ways of using new technologies as a mitigating control for PCI-DSS compliance and to solve the issue of limiting the scope of an audit, and encrypting user names and passwords in transmission without the need to modify... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60813125p,00.htm No access control information travels with the documents, no passwords are given to users, and users have no means of entering passwords. The LockLizard approach is to license the relationship between the document publisher and customer, and... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60813109p,00.htm Power users and even rank and file knowledge workers have to deal with scores of passwords. There are simply too many usernames and passwords to remember, or, the length and complexity of each password hinders a productive work flow. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60813110p,00.htm Employees in companies from across all industries find themselves having too many passwords. A growing trend for many companies is to implement stronger password policies designed to increase network security. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60813111p,00.htm Many companies attempt to address their security concerns by simply implementing stronger password policies, requiring employees to remember more and stronger passwords for all applications. This paper reviews the challenge of password management... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60813089p,00.htm Rootkits can perform many nefarious functions, capturing and forwarding passwords and other confidential information, sending out spam, attacking other machines, or allowing remote control of the machine's operations. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60812723p,00.htm Passwords and passphrases are one example of a form of security measure called authentication. It gives them to people so that they can use them to prove that they are entitled to use something to which access is restricted: for example, a... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60813179p,00.htm The mobile phone networks include several security aspects such as encryption, VPN, firewalls, static IP, passwords etc.which are adequate for any Feeder Automation application. The techno-commercial feasibility of using mobile phone networks for... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000