Bill Murphy's Redzone Podcast | World Class It Security

My guest this week is James Crifasi, Vice President and CTO of RedZone Technologies. In this interview we discuss the importance of password security. Implementing a strong password policy and educating users is vital to your organization’s IT Security Immune System. Listen to the interview to learn about how to create a strong password in order to protect your company from hackers and fishing attacks Major Take-Aways From This Episode: • A lot of customer calls about hacks in reality are a lost password issue (because someone lost their password and someone else used it). • Password cracking systems use dictionaries that include not only a word dictionary, but also movie and book titles. • The main issues of easy-cracked passwords: habitual passwords and poor password policy. • Passwords that work best are phrases intermixed with numbers or symbols. • Two-factor authentication prevents someone from using your password against you. • Make your password interesting, not more complicated! Once malware star