Giving Up Passwords For Chocolate

[Eric Van Wiltenburg <vanwilt () UVIC CA>]

What's the biggest hole in your network?  Your employees, of course!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3639679.stm

In February, I attended a conference at which Kevin Minick, renowed
reformed hacker, spoke.  He referenced a survey where nine in ten of
office workers at London's Waterloo Station gave away their computer
password for a cheap pen - up from 65 per cent the previous year.

What makes the above story (linked) even more astounding is that the
survey was carried out an an InfoSec conference where people ought to
know better.  Simply astounding.

It just goes to show that education is a huge, and arguably the most
important, factor when it comes to IT security.

Eric van Wiltenburg
Network Services
Univerisity of Victoria

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