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DOES YOUR COMPANY'S PASSWORD POLICY HURT SECURITY?Source: Informatica Information SecurityPosted on October 11, 2005 According to a password practices study commissioned by RSA Security on 1700 U.S. businesses, a whopping 28% of users are required to remember more than 13 passwords while another 30% need to use between 6 and 12 to do their work. User frustration is compounded by policies that enforce password complexity and frequent expiry. This situation is obviously driving users up the wall because 25% feel compelled to keep a spreadsheet to manage their passwords while 22% keep track of them using their PDAs. Another 15% simply write them down, sometimes on Post-It notes. A separate study has found that every time that a user forgets a password, the reset procedure takes around 16 minutes to complete and costs companies between $25 to $50 in support costs. Instead of cleaning up security policies companies are now reallocating IT budgets to password resets and other activities they mistakenly attribute to user error and employee ignorance. Bennett Gold is pleased to support Informatica's Information Security Awareness Certification program. Complete details about this unique online training session are available here.
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