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A strong, workable password policy is a must for every organization today, and this section has all of the news and tools you need to design and implement your policy.
IN THIS TOPIC:  NEWS (22) , EXPERT TECHNICAL ADVICE (18) , REFERENCE & LEARNING (7) , WEBCASTS (1) , DEFINITIONS (3)

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  NEWS: 1 - 3 of 22
Security360: Identity management market
SearchSecurity.com | 08 Feb 2008
ARTICLE - Analyst Mark Diodati describes the leaders of the identity management market; IBM's Joe Anthony explains Big Blue's strategy and Novell's Dale Olds on user-centric identity.
IBM releases simplified Tivoli Identity Manager
SearchSecurity.com | 12 Dec 2007
ARTICLE - Big Blue is melding automated features from its lightweight Express version in what it says should simplify deployments and ease end user pain.
Top 10 access-related controls for PCI compliance
SearchSecurity.com | 10 Dec 2007
ARTICLE - Companies that identify, monitor, report and investigate audit trails and conduct risk analytics are taking the right steps to protect critical data, according to one expert.
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  EXPERT TECHNICAL ADVICE: 1 - 3 of 18
PASSWORD POLICY EXPERTS
Joel Dubin
CISSP, independent computer security consultant
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Will enabling Group Policy password settings affect existing user accounts?
30 Nov 2007
EXPERT ANSWER - In this expert response, identity management and access control expert Joel Dubin discusses the affect that Active Directory Group Policy password settings can have on user accounts.
Complex password compliance requirements made simple
Submitted By: SearchSecurity.com | 03 Oct 2007
TIP - Joel Dubin reviews the password requirements put forth by key compliance mandates, and offers best practices and tools for ensuring password compliance.
Are knowledge-based authentication systems doing more harm than good?
23 Apr 2007
EXPERT ANSWER - In this SearchSecurity.com Q&A, security expert Joel Dubin examines if the password security policies used in knowledge-based authentication systems are doing more harm than good.
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  REFERENCE & LEARNING: 1 - 3 of 7
Understanding Your Authentication Options
SearchSecurity.com | 09 Sep 2005
LEARNING GUIDE - This learning guide is a comprehensive compilation of tips, expert advice, featured articles, and other original materials that will help you understand today's authentication challenges.
SAP Security Learning Guide
SearchSecurity.com & SearchSAP.com | 23 Aug 2005
LEARNING GUIDE - This guide pulls SAP security information from both SearchSecurity.com and its sister site, SearchSAP.com, to provide the most comprehensive resource around for all aspects of making your SAP system bulletproof.
RSA 2005 conference coverage
10 Feb 2005
FEATURED TOPIC - Can't make it to RSA? Let us take you there. We're covering the conference live from the show floor to bring you the latest information security news.
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  WEBCASTS: 1 - 1 of 1
Secure Password Management with USB Strong Authentication - Vendor Webcast

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PREMIERED:   28 OCT 2004, 12:00 EDT (16:00, GMT)
SUMMARY:   This webcast showcases how token-based Reduced Sign-On (RSO) can significantly improve password management and security across your organization. You discover how token-based RSO solutions are effectively delivering on much of the promise of Enterprise Single Sign-On (SSO) - without the hidden costs people have long associated with SSO.
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  DEFINITIONS: 1 - 3 of 3
single-factor authentication (SFA)
27 Mar 2007
WORD - Single-factor authentication (SFA) is the traditional security process that requires a user name and password before granting access to the user. SFA security relies on the diligence of the user, who should take additional ...
logon
30 Jul 2001
WORD - In general computer usage, logon is the procedure used to get access to an operating system or application, usually in a remote computer. Almost always a logon requires that the user have (1) a user ID and (2) a password. ...
password
31 Jul 2001
WORD - A password is an unspaced sequence of characters used to determine that a computer user requesting access to a computer system is really that particular user. Typically, users of a multiuser or securely protected single-user ...
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