Posts Tagged password
Lack of guidance on BYOD raises data protection concerns
Posted by brianfpennington in brian pennington on 08/03/2013
The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has commissioned a survey into business attitudes towards Bring Your Own Device (BYOD). The survey results shown many employers appear to have a ‘laissez faire’ attitude to allowing staff to use their personal laptop, tablets or smartphone for at work and for work business, which may be placing people’s personal information […]
The Top 25 “worst” passwords
Posted by brianfpennington in brian pennington on 06/11/2012
SplashData have published their 2012 password survey results. They analysed of millions of stolen login credentials posted by hackers discovered that for the third year in a row, “password” was the most commonly used password, with “123456″ and “12345678″ sin second and third place. The top 25 most common passwords for 2012 are:- Rank Password […]
Serious Disconnect Between Businesses and Mobile Users
Posted by brianfpennington in brian pennington on 26/05/2011
McAfee have released their report “Mobility and Security: Dazzling Opportunities, Profound Challenges”. “Devices are no longer just consumer devices or business devices. They are both,” said Richard Power, a CyLab Distinguished Fellow at Carnegie Mellon University, the primary author of the report. “Devices are more than extensions of the computing structure, they are extensions of […]
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