Re: Password keepers

[Joel Rosenblatt <joel () COLUMBIA EDU>]

I use Keepass also <http://keepass.info/> and store the database in my dropbox to solve the access from anywhere problem

and for added security ....

Dropbox upgrades security with two-factor authentication
<http://www.csoonline.com/article/714835/dropbox-upgrades-security-with-two-factor-authentication?source=CSONLE_nlt_salted_hash_2012-08-27>

My 2 cents
Joel

--On Monday, August 27, 2012 8:47 AM -0600 "SCHALIP, MICHAEL" <mschalip () CNM EDU> wrote:

> We use Keepass....
>
> From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Slocum, 
> Stacy
> Sent: Monday, August 27, 2012 8:29 AM
> To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
> Subject: [SECURITY] Password keepers
>
> Hello-
>
> Could anyone share a best practice with regard to the storage and safe keeping of the collection of all system 
> passwords?  Is using a keepass type
> application the best approach?  What about redundancy in the event you can't get to the stored list or it is corrupt?
>
> Any advice and/or opinions would be very helpful.
>
> Thanks
> Stacy
>
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Joel Rosenblatt, Director Network & Computer Security
Columbia Information Security Office (CISO)
Columbia University, 612 W 115th Street, NY, NY 10025 / 212 854 3033
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