For most of us, our first interaction with a computer every day is to enter a cryptic username and a string of eight or more random characters. We enter the same password when we access our emails, when logging into social media, when the friendly repair guy asks for them in an email, when using online banking, and for the 4 pm online team meeting. STOP!
Most of us will hopefully have tripped over both “enter the same” and “repair guy asks for them in an email.” But we shouldn’t be so sure. As Verizon’s Data Breach Investigation Report shows, every year, almost all successful attacks comprise some form of a human component. To learn more about it, visit my latest article in DigitalFirst Magazine!