The Password Paradox

By: Michael Vizard
2008-07-02
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The Password Paradox states that most security professionals try to increase the security of their enterprise applications with more and more passwords. The problem is that with too many passwords users can't remember them all, and they end up calling up the help desk, which drains productivity, or writing them down in an insecure manner. After a point, says Bill Carey, vice president of marketing at Siber Systems, systems will end up being less secure. Find out more in this IT Link podcast.

	The Password Paradox The Password Paradox states that most security professionals try to increase the security of their enterprise applications with more and more passwords. The problem is that with too many passwords users can't remember them all, and they end up calling up the help desk, which drains productivity, or writing them down in an insecure manner. After a point, says Bill Carey, vice president of marketing at Siber Systems, systems will end up being less secure. Find out more in this IT Link podcast. Host: Mike Vizard Length: 00:18:18 Subscribe to this podcast		Empowering Business Intelligence in Real Time Automate Mundane Database Tasks to Increase Value The Changing Nature of Storage Getting at Data in Real-Time, Really

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