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August 17, 2010  5:48 PM

8-character passwords are so 1999 – 12 characters is 21st century



Posted by: Troy Tate
access management, authentication, brute force, hacking, identity management, information security, infosec, infosecurity, Password, password management, secure access, Security

Today's computers and add-on processors (think graphics processing units - GPU's) are extremely powerful. The GPU of today offers about 2 teraflops (10^12 floating...

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November 5, 2009  4:50 PM

Do you use TLS or client certificates for authentication? Beware of new MITM vulnerability



Posted by: Troy Tate
apache, authentication, certificates, IIS, information security, risk, risk management, SSL, tls, vulnerability, web services

As Michael Morisy of ITKE recently posted, New SSL security hole allows man-in-the-middle attacks, a new SSL...

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May 22, 2009  6:03 PM

Strong passwords? Try this test



Posted by: Troy Tate
authentication, complex password, information security, Password, password strength, Security, strong password, tool

Passwords are the bane of security but currently and historically the primary authentication method for users. Check out this article by Roger Grimes and see how your password policy stacks up using the Excel spreadsheet tool he provides for download. You can use the to convince management how weak...

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