[Year 12 IPM] Password security

[Mark Kelly]

This little gem came from Infosecurity Europe 2003 via The Register (an 
IT news site).

Of the 152 office workers surveyed many explained the origin of their 
passwords.

The most common password was "password" (12 per cent) and the most 
popular category was their own name (16 per cent) followed by their 
football team (11 per cent) and date of birth (8 per cent).

Two thirds of workers have given their password to a colleague and three 
quarters knew their co-workers passwords.

In addition to using their password to gain access to their company 
information two thirds of workers use the same password for everything, 
including their personal banking, Web site access, etc.

Scary, eh?

-- 
Mark Kelly
Manager - Information Systems
McKinnon Secondary College
McKinnon Rd McKinnon 3204, Victoria Australia
Phone +613 95780844  Fax +613 95789253
http://www.mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au
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