The business world has a password problem—starting with
the fact that the No. 1 computer password employed by business users is, wait
for it: "Password1". Unfortunately, that's just the most cringe-worthy
example of bad enterprise security cited by Trustwave in its recently released
Global Security Report for 2012.
Why "Password1"? Because "it satisfies
the default Microsoft Active Directory complexity setting," the IT security
research firm noted. In other words, it's got a capitalized letter, a number,
and the requisite number of characters to qualify under basic password security
settings.
The password problem is just one of the security issues
businesses are running up against in an increasingly hostile cyber-world,
according to Trustwave. Other key findings related to hacking incidents and
intrusion investigations at companies researched by Trustwave include:
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the fact that the No. 1 computer password employed by business users is, wait
for it: "Password1". Unfortunately, that's just the most cringe-worthy
example of bad enterprise security cited by Trustwave in its recently released
Global Security Report for 2012.
Why "Password1"? Because "it satisfies
the default Microsoft Active Directory complexity setting," the IT security
research firm noted. In other words, it's got a capitalized letter, a number,
and the requisite number of characters to qualify under basic password security
settings.
The password problem is just one of the security issues
businesses are running up against in an increasingly hostile cyber-world,
according to Trustwave. Other key findings related to hacking incidents and
intrusion investigations at companies researched by Trustwave include:
Continued reading:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2401118,00.asp