Now THAT'S password security
- TAGS:passwords
- IT TOPICS:Management, Security
It's the early 1990s, and this pilot fish has just been promoted to the IT office of communications at a state agency. On the first day, after some routine paperwork, he's asked to fill out something he's not expecting: a password sheet.
"Really, it asked for my usernames and passwords for network and email access," says fish. "I was told not to worry -- this sheet would be secured in a locked file cabinet and would be used only in case something happened to me.
"OK, I said, but what about the monthly updates to my passwords? How would I update the sheet?
"No problem, I was told -- the key to the secure cabinet is hanging right on the wall of the secretary's office, so feel free to use it to pull out your sheet and update it whenever needed.
"Oh, and it would be easy to find in the file labeled 'Passwords' with everyone else's.
"I filled out the sheet with my current passwords as asked, but I never did remember to update it after that..."
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