Password Protection
I ran across a good article about password protection. After reading it, I realized I really was leaving some of my critical data open to easy retreival by 'the dark side'. Here are the suggestions- you might want to institute also.
Here are the basics- Your password should:
- Contain a minimum of 8 characters
- Don't use any word found in the dictionary- in any language
- Should be a combination of numbers, letters, symbols in upper and lower case
- Not to include any personal information- like your dog's name, address, etc
- Lastly, compartmentilize your passwords on a need to know basis
Source: Chlotia P Garrison, "An Evaluation of Passwords", The CPA Journal
Posted on Thursday, April 2, 2009 at 08:37AM
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Terry
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