Password Exposure

In order to keep the enterprise and systems under a safe and secure zone lot of software and tools are in place to protect them, from encryption to controls the data and systems are sanitized at each level to protect from breach and maintain confidentiality of the customers.

Being said that with all these safe guarding tools and controls , security incidents and breach are occurring now and then costing a huge penalties for companies, losing reliability from customers. So where is the gap which remains unfilled inspite of standards/control/laws ??

It is most likely the lack of user awareness to be vigilant all the time following security practices as a part of job and not an optional task. User should be aware of impact that is caused by exposing details to external world. Out of which password sharing ranks one among the vulnerability that is paving a way for the intruders.

During my recent visit to a metropolitan city , I saw an NGO posting the wifi password and cc tv footage password on open display which they might have thought as an user friendliness and proactive but the truth is giving a gate pass to the intruders for our own systems.

Even at enterprise level where we are dealing with financial, health records of the users, passwords should be handled very sensitively and securely, as systems grow number of password to remember with more complex pattern might be a challenge where in password managers like LastPass, Keeper, KeePass etc will secure the digital life of the user.