The risk to enterprise cybersecurity most ignored by both business executives and IT managers is User Authentication. When end users are given the responsibility to generate, know, remember, type and manage their own passwords, IT has inadvertently surrendered the job title Network Security Manager to employees - the weakest link in the cybersecurity chain.
Passwords are not going away. What needs to be fixed is how passwords are managed. After examining how encryption keys are secured, this book introduces a new strategy called Password Authentication Infrastructure (PAI) that rivals digital certificates.
Dovell Bonnett reveals the truth about the elephant in the room that no one wants to mention: Massive backend security becomes worthless when the virtual front door has a lousy lock! Dovell proves that making passwords secure is not only possible, passwords can actually become an effective, cost efficient and user friendly feature of robust cybersecurity.
This indispensable guide offers a strong business focus as well as a solid technical understanding of the real problems with passwords, cyber attacks and their best defenses, authentication infrastructures, return on investment, and implementing powerful systems appropriate to your specific environment.
Passwords are not the problem.
The management of passwords is the real security nightmare.
Passwords are not going away. What needs to be fixed is how passwords are managed. After examining how encryption keys are secured, this book introduces a new strategy called Password Authentication Infrastructure (PAI) that rivals digital certificates.
Dovell Bonnett reveals the truth about the elephant in the room that no one wants to mention: Massive backend security becomes worthless when the virtual front door has a lousy lock! Dovell proves that making passwords secure is not only possible, passwords can actually become an effective, cost efficient and user friendly feature of robust cybersecurity.
This indispensable guide offers a strong business focus as well as a solid technical understanding of the real problems with passwords, cyber attacks and their best defenses, authentication infrastructures, return on investment, and implementing powerful systems appropriate to your specific environment.
Passwords are not the problem.
The management of passwords is the real security nightmare.
