http://gcn.com/articles/2010/04/05/numerator-passwords.aspx By Kevin McCaney GCN.com April 02, 2010 Symantec recently surveyed computer users on their use of passwords, how they choose them and how often they update them. The results revealed that a good number of people are still pretty sloppy about passwords, such as the 3 percent who admitted to using "password," the 5 percent who use their middle name and the 10 percent who use their pets' names -- which could come back to bite anyone who also has a social networking page. Here's a sample of the results: * 44 percent have more than 20 accounts that require passwords. * 45 percent have just a few passwords that are alternated for all accounts. * 18 percent have a different password for each account. * 10 percent used their pets' name when creating a password. * 63 percent do not change their passwords very often. [...] ___________________________________________________________ Register now for HITBSecConf2010 - Dubai, the premier deep-knowledge network security event in the GCC, featuring keynote speakers John Viega and Matt Watchinski! http://conference.hitb.org/hitbsecconf2010dxb/Received on Sun Apr 04 2010 - 23:10:01 PDT
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