RE: 1 in 3 workers write down passwords

["Richard M. Smith" <rms () bsf-llc com>]

Sounds like someone is promoting biometrics.

I wonder if anyone has taken the next step and figured out how many systems
are actually being compromised due to passwords being written on yellow
stickies.

Richard 

-----Original Message-----
From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org] On
Behalf Of Dude VanWinkle
Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 5:59 PM
To: FunSec [List]
Subject: [funsec] 1 in 3 workers write down passwords

One in three workers jot down passwords: study
http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=technologyNews&storyID=2
006-10-17T205533Z_01_N17230049_RTRUKOC_0_US-LIFE-PASSWORDS.xml&WTmodLoc=Tech
NewsHome_C1_%5bFeed%5d-9
http://tinyurl.com/yhbpbv

NEW YORK (Reuters) - One in three people write down computer
passwords, undermining their security, and companies should look to
more advanced methods, including biometrics, to ensure their systems
are safe, a new study shows.

A study released on Tuesday by global research firms Nucleus Research
and KnowledgeStorm found companies' attempts to tighten IT security by
regularly changing passwords and making them more complex by adding
numbers as well as letters had no impact on security.

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I would say it did have an impact on security: it probably impacted
one in three users ;-)

-JP<who bought some (more)shares in RSA SecureID after reading this one>
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