Anonymous Thrives on Weak Passwords

by Dovell Bonnett | Jun 3, 2012 | Cloud Security, Cyber Security, Cyber Warfare, Data Security, Data Theft Prevention, Identity Theft, Industrial Espionage, Multifactor Authentication,, Online Security, Password Authentication, Password Management

Anonymous is helping IT convince management to beef up network security. Organizations like Anonymous takes great pride in breaking into corporate networks they politically disagree with. Recently the Canadian Grand Prix,  U.S. Department of Justice and Alpha...

Network Access Authentication with MagStripe Cards

by Dovell Bonnett | Apr 23, 2012 | Cloud Security, Cyber Security, Data Security, Multifactor Authentication,, Online Security, Password Authentication, Password Management, Power LogOn

Network Access Authentication using a Magnetic Stripe Card Access Smart®, LLC expands our network access authentication product line for data security. Power LogOn for MagStripe allows any issued magnetic stripe card to be used to log onto a computer and network....

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...

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...

Smart Card Alliance Weakly Defends The Industry

by Dovell Bonnett | Jan 25, 2012 | Cloud Security, Cyber Security, Data Theft Prevention, Identity Theft, Multifactor Authentication,, Password Authentication, Power LogOn, Smartcards

The Smart Card Alliance offers platitudes but don’t identify the culprits! The Smart Card Alliance released their weak response to the recent Sykipot Tojan attack which hijacked the Department of Defense authentication smartcards. Unlike hypothetical attacks on...

Passphrases are NOT Secure Passwords

by Dovell Bonnett | Jan 18, 2012 | Data Theft Prevention, Multifactor Authentication,, Password Authentication

With all the news articles regarding the cyber-attacks by Anonymous, China, India and the release of the weak passwords employees’ use, some “security pundits” recommend the use of “passphrases” instead of passwords. However, I have to...