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November 25, 2007 Seeing Double - Practical Productivity Do you have the luxury of doing only one task at a time? If you’re like me, I would guess the answer is probably “No”. I find myself answering email, working on a spreadsheet, looking at an accounting issue and searching for info on the internet all at the same time. It’s just become part of the way that we all work. Most computer users, however, are forced into single-tasking because of the way they see their work – on a single monitor. Windows XP and VISTA provide desktop users with the ability to “spread” their desktop across multiple monitors. full text November 25, 2007 6 Common Fallacies Of Wireless Network Security 1. No one wants to get into my WiFi network, and if they get a free ride on the internet who cares? Unfortunately, we live in a world where crimes and vandalism is common place, even more so when the crime can go undetected. Many hackers or disgruntled employees are merely looking to compromise someone's systems whether or not there are huge payoffs, these vandals break in simply because they can. Through your open WiFi network, and intentional hacker can destroy the network and every PC on the network. Imagine the cost to your organization if a hacker launches a virus directly into your network or re-initializes the hard drives on every PC they could access. full text August 29, 2007 Security On Our Mind Security is always on the minds of the Mytech Engineering team, and August is no exception. We have been working with all of our customers for a long time now to make their systems more secure, and having secure user passwords is a part of that effort. One of the most secure ways to gain access into a system is to use two factor authentication. That is a term used to describe access that requires you to know something and to have something. The best example is taking cash from an ATM which requires two factor authentication. You have to KNOW your PIN number, and you have to HAVE your ATM card. Mytech now offers a two factor authentication system to its customers through our new Managed Secure Access system. For many customers, however, two factor authentication and the security it brings is too much to bear. That leaves us with secure user passwords. We have been practically forcing secure passwords on users at customer sites for several years now, but have received a lot of pushback as people complain the passwords are too hard to remember. To that end, we thought we'd offer some tips on how to make a secure password for yourself. As a reminder, a secure password consists of at least one of each of the following:
That might sound complex, but there are a few simple tricks that can be used to take something easy to remember, and make it secure:
Taking all of these tricks together, here are some great examples of secure passwords:
These are all great examples of extremely secure passwords that are virtually impossible to guess, and yet easy for someone to remember. Using these techniques, it is also much easier to come up with a nearly endless list of easy to remember yet secure passwords. Enjoy! | |