Periodic Awareness Tip #10 - Passwords

PASSWORDS - MOVIE EXCERPT

Passwords - or broader authentication systems and use thereof - are a nail we have to hit quite often as convenience often trumps the best of intentions in that area.

This is a clip from an old, say vintage, movie on the dangers of computers: War Games (1983). The interesting part is that the dangers depicted in the movie are plentifold. They range from the high stakes "game" during the cold war, but also - as is shown in this excerpt - the small things, like how (not) to treat your passwords.

INTRO (REPEATED FOR THE SERIES)

Raising awareness amongst your company's staff is key as the human factor is quite often cited as the weakest link in data protection and security "in the field". Raising awareness also is not a one-off thing. You have to keep hitting the same nail. Preferably though, you try out different angles every time again, as information overload and boredom settle in quite rapidly. So let me periodically and in no particular order share some awareness raising materials. Let's aim for once per week and we'll see where we can get.

CALL TO ACTION

Please do comment on these posts: is this useful? what have you used in your organisation to engage the colleagues? how do you measure success? etc.