In a report which will resonate well with helpdesks and admins who reset passwords worldwide, RSA has released a ground breaking survey in which 1300 business professionals described the horrors of managing and maintaining passwords for the protection of not only their own company’s intellectual property, but also the identity information for millions of consumers.
“While companies pour huge amounts of time and money into protecting sensitive information, business passwords remain one of the weakest links in the security chain, in large part due to the sheer number of passwords that end users are required to manage,” said John Worrall, senior vice president of marketing at RSA Security. “Little has changed since 2005 — end users are still managing an overwhelming number of passwords, and this is resulting in behaviors which open the door to security breaches and potential compliance issues.”
Guess what the solution to this terrible problem is?
Yup, you’re right! Throw a few buckets of money at RSA (an EMC company) as fast as you can!
[tags]RSA, EMC, Password Management, Compliance[/tags]
