Re: Passphrases v Password

["Joel L. Rosenblatt" <joel () COLUMBIA EDU>]

Hi,

Don't know if this will help or not, but here is out page on this topic

http://cuit.columbia.edu/cuit/it-security-practices/using-strong-passwords

Thanks,
Joel


Joel Rosenblatt, Director Network & Computer Security
Columbia Information Security Office (CISO)
Columbia University, 612 W 115th Street, NY, NY 10025 / 212 854 3033
http://www.columbia.edu/~joel
Public PGP key
http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x90BD740BCC7326C3


On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 2:02 PM, Will Froning <will.froning () gmail com> wrote:
> I came across this Emerson College IT blog: <http://press.emerson.edu/it/>
>
> The first few entries are about their new password policy. I don't work there, but just happened to have found it 
> earlier this week.
>
> Thanks,
> Will
>
> On July 5, 2013 at 8:22:07 PM, Cathy Hubbs (hubbs () american edu) wrote:
>
> Greetings,
> American University is moving to require passphrases, 16 character minimum, with upper and lower case requirement for 
> standard users (staff, students, and faculty).
>
> I would love to hear from anyone that has gone down this path and experiences from their customers.
>
> Thanks
>
> Cathy
>
> Cathy Hubbs, CISSP, CISA, CGEIT
> Chief Information Security Officer
> Office of Information Technology
> American University
>
>
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