Password Security
PASSWORD SECURITY
By Wendell Taylor
AGENDA
• Introduction
• What is
• How to
• Pro/con
• Conclusion
• Reference
PASSWORD
• Password- A password is a word or string of characters used for user authentication to prove identity or access approval to gain access to a resource (example: an access code is a type of password), which should be kept secret from those not allowed access.
• Mark Brunett study (Xato.net)
91% of all passwords are one of the 1,000 most common
40% of all keys used are one of just 100 commonly used passwords.
71% of all keys being used are in the most common 500 words
GOOD PASSWORD
•
Use both upper- and lower-case letters
•
Incorporate numbers or punctuation marks
•
•
Use at least one of these special characters: ! @ # $ % * ( ) - + = , < >
::“‘.
Make it at least 8 characters long.
•
A strong password does NOT, in any way, use your personal information, such as name, phone number, Social Security number, birth date, address or names of anyone you know.
•
Come up with something you can remember easily, but would be virtually impossible for anyone else to guess.
PRO/CON
Pro of Strong Password
•
•
Can not be hack
•
Information easily access
•
Online account Secured
•
•
•
Con of Weak Password
•
Less stress
Identity intact
Information and sensitive material are safe
•
Identity theft
Privacy is evaded
Change information
•
Sensitive Material
CONCLUSION
• Password
• Strong password
• Pro/Con
Treat your Password like your toothbrush, never let somebody else use it and change it every six month.
REFERENCE
• http://www.rainbow.com/library/5/04-28-03N+IPasswordPR.pdf
• http://www.sims.berkeley.edu/~ sinha/teaching/Infosys271_2000/Passwords/index.html • http://www.cio.com/info/releases/020702_release.html
By Wendell Taylor
AGENDA
• Introduction
• What is
• How to
• Pro/con
• Conclusion
• Reference
PASSWORD
• Password- A password is a word or string of characters used for user authentication to prove identity or access approval to gain access to a resource (example: an access code is a type of password), which should be kept secret from those not allowed access.
• Mark Brunett study (Xato.net)
91% of all passwords are one of the 1,000 most common
40% of all keys used are one of just 100 commonly used passwords.
71% of all keys being used are in the most common 500 words
GOOD PASSWORD
•
Use both upper- and lower-case letters
•
Incorporate numbers or punctuation marks
•
•
Use at least one of these special characters: ! @ # $ % * ( ) - + = , < >
::“‘.
Make it at least 8 characters long.
•
A strong password does NOT, in any way, use your personal information, such as name, phone number, Social Security number, birth date, address or names of anyone you know.
•
Come up with something you can remember easily, but would be virtually impossible for anyone else to guess.
PRO/CON
Pro of Strong Password
•
•
Can not be hack
•
Information easily access
•
Online account Secured
•
•
•
Con of Weak Password
•
Less stress
Identity intact
Information and sensitive material are safe
•
Identity theft
Privacy is evaded
Change information
•
Sensitive Material
CONCLUSION
• Password
• Strong password
• Pro/Con
Treat your Password like your toothbrush, never let somebody else use it and change it every six month.
REFERENCE
• http://www.rainbow.com/library/5/04-28-03N+IPasswordPR.pdf
• http://www.sims.berkeley.edu/~ sinha/teaching/Infosys271_2000/Passwords/index.html • http://www.cio.com/info/releases/020702_release.html