Audit Linux privileges now to limit compromise, escalation, and system-wide damage. Review Linux Privileges×
What is it about a secure password that makes us think it’s secure? . Traditionally, for businesses it’s been things like complexity, minimum length, avoiding known bad passwords, and how often passwords are changed to counter the possibility of undetected compromise. And yet, recently, the last of those orthodoxies – password expiration – has started to crumble. The link for this article located at NakedSecurity is no longer available. . Traditionally, for businesses it’s been things like complexity, minimum length, avoiding known bad. secure, about, password, makes, think, traditionally, businesses. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
Here are some thoughts about providing users and businesses ways for a website to authenticate a user all the way to the hardware connection to his computer or mobile device. . There are many cases where software methods are sufficient, of course, but higher grades of security might be required by certain applications. More standard software stacks are needed to link the hardware authenticators to the users The link for this article located at Dark Reading is no longer available. . There are many cases where software methods are sufficient, of course, but higher grades of security. thoughts, about, users, businesses, website, authenticate. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
People who access their work systems are the equivalent of people holding the keys to the company premises, this incurs responsibility. If that is widely known and respected, half the security battle. . .. People who access their work systems are the equivalent of people holding the keys to the company premises, this incurs responsibility. If that is widely known and respected, half the security battle will have been won. Getting security right is a balancing act. Too much, and the system that's protected becomes too difficult to use. Too little, and the repercussions can be enormous -- not only can fraud impoverish a company, but there are significant legal and practical implications if sensitive company data has been revealed or modified. Security systems can be categorised by factors, the number of different ways that a user is authenticated before being allowed access. One factor security is by far the most common -- if you know your username and password, you're in. The link for this article located at ZDNet UK is no longer available. . Grasping the significance of two-step verification and individual accountability in safeguarding privacy.. Multi-Factor Authentication, User Responsibility, Access Control. . Anthony Pell
Get the latest Linux and open source security news straight to your inbox.