Friendly reminder – STOP using a password spreadsheet on your computer
Do you know someone who still keeps a list or spreadsheet of their passwords on their computer? Or someone who has the list printed out and sitting somewhere on their desk? It’s 2019 and you need to upgrade that person to a password manager. If they are working...Creator of computer password, shared computing, dies at 93
Massachusetts Institute of Technology announced that the man who invented the computer password in the mid-1960s passed away July 12. Fernando Corbató, also known as “Corby,” was a professor emeritus at MIT. He received the Association of Computing...
Study finds workers emotionally attached to weak passwords
Have you encountered this person? They sit through your cybersecurity training at work, learn that their chosen passwords are weak, easily guessable, and put your network at risk. Yet they continue to use them. There’s a study out now that says these folks cling...