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NordPass (the purveyor of a password manager) has assembled a list of the top 20 passwords in healthcare, based on usage by the world’s largest companies.  According to NordPass’s analysis, the “top” 20 passwords are:

1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 123456
            2. password
            3. part of the company’s name*
            4. 12345
            5. aaron431
            6. part of the company’s name2012*
            7. Part of the company’s name*
            8. PART OF THE COMPANY’S NAME443*
            9. company name2014*
            10. linkedin
            11. pass1
            12. company name*
            13. COMPANY NAME’S ABBREVIATION1*
            14. company name*
            15. 00000
            16. 1111
            17. company name*
            18. 1234
            19. Med
            20. company name*

Obviously,… More

It’s been several years since I have written about password hygeine. I have been hoping that a better security solution would be widely adopted and while I hear rumors in that regard, passwords still reign supreme.  So when I saw that the SafetyDetectives website had listed the 30 most common passwords, it seemed like a good time to revisit the topic.  Their study found that “123456” and “password”… More

Very interesting thought piece from the FTC’s Chief Technologist. Do mandatory password resets actually make us less secure?  Not necessarily, but they could, if we do not train users to be aware of the subconscious pitfalls. More

Here is an excerpt from my interview yesterday with Jon Mitchell of ReadWriteWeb:

"From a legal perspective, I’m not seeing anything that’s much different in what’s being proposed to take effect on March 1 and what’s in place right now," Zick says. "In particular, the language about sharing across services has been in [Google’s policies] for a long time."

Zick points out that all the past versions of Google’s privacy policies are on the website,… More

Earlier today, the FTC released a preliminary staff report entitled, “Protecting Consumer Privacy in an Era of Rapid Change:  A Proposed Framework for Businesses and Policymakers.”  The report is over 100 pages long and suggests that changes need to be made regarding consumer privacy, stating:

Industry must do better. For every business, privacy should be a basic consideration –
similar to keeping track of costs and revenues,… More