Jaikumar Vijayan over at Computerworld observed correctly: "A recent data breach that exposed the Social Security numbers of more than 280,000 people served as yet another reminder of the well-recognized, but often discounted, risks associated with using weak and default passwords.
Many security analysts see that formal explanation as a somewhat euphemistic admission that the breached server was using a default administrative password or an easily guessable one, thereby allowing the attackers to bypass the perimeter-, network- and application-level security controls built to protect the agency's systems." Training employees and administrators to use strong passwords is a MUST.
Many security analysts see that formal explanation as a somewhat euphemistic admission that the breached server was using a default administrative password or an easily guessable one, thereby allowing the attackers to bypass the perimeter-, network- and application-level security controls built to protect the agency's systems." Training employees and administrators to use strong passwords is a MUST.
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