Data Securtiy Starts with Network Access Authentication

by Dovell Bonnett | Apr 5, 2012 | Cyber Security, Data Security, Multifactor Authentication,, Password Authentication, Password Management, Smartcards

Network access authentication secures the firewall’s “front door”. We all have been told by IT that network access authentication requires complex passwords, a minimum of ten characters, different passwords for every sites, and changing...

Enterprise Password Manager for DameWare

by Dovell Bonnett | Apr 4, 2012 | Cloud Security, Cyber Security, Data Security, Password Authentication, Password Management, Power LogOn

Access Smart Announces Integration of its Power LogOn Enterprise Password Manager with DameWare Mini Remote Control to Offer Complete Secure Remote Connectivity Power LogOn® enterprise password manager integrates with DameWare Mini Remote Control (DMRC), part of...

IRS Refunds Stolen

by Dovell Bonnett | Feb 16, 2012 | Cyber Security, Data Security, Identity Theft, Multifactor Authentication,, Password Management

The Miami IRS is reporting an overwhelming number of ID theft cases involving IRS refunds stolen. When hearing that IRS refunds stolen and the pain it is causing people then politicians will remember Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party Rallies as intimate...

Stupid Things You do Online to Compromise Your Identity

by Dovell Bonnett | Jan 30, 2012 | Cyber Security, Data Security

Lifehacker posted a great article called The Stupid Things You Do Online (and How to Fix Them). Here are some of additional comments that may also be helpful. Stupid Thing #1: You Undervalue Your Personal Data Did you know that when a company goes through valuation by...

Keep Your Enemies Close, but Your Friends Closer

by Dovell Bonnett | Jan 16, 2012 | Cyber Warfare, Data Security, Industrial Espionage, Power LogOn

Our government seems to have problems securing both our physical and virtual boarders. It seems that when it comes to cyber security all the old paradigms have turned upside down. In the recent article “Indian Intelligence Have U.S. Government Passwords, Hacker...

Just How Long Should a Password Be?

by Dovell Bonnett | Nov 18, 2011 | Cloud Security, Cyber Security, Data Security, Healthcare, Multifactor Authentication,, Password Authentication, Password Management

The Great Password Question That Won’t Die, “Just how long should a password be?” In one of my LinkedIn discussion groups, a member, who we will call MB, posted this simple question back on March 14, 2010: “How long should a password...