{"id":4776,"date":"2011-09-13T18:24:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-13T18:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/evssolutions.com\/knowledge-based-authentication-security-passwords\/"},"modified":"2023-04-19T17:09:54","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T17:09:54","slug":"knowledge-based-authentication-security-passwords","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/evssolutions.com\/insights\/knowledge-based-authentication-security-passwords\/","title":{"rendered":"Knowledge Based Authentication Security Passwords"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was reading a blog on Schneier
\non Security<\/a> earlier today that was talking about knowledge based
\nauthentication<\/a> in the form of security questions, and one of the comments
\nhit the mark on the importance of using more than one password for your online
\naccounts to increase fraud prevention<\/a>
\nsecurity.<\/p>\n

The quote from Paul R. Dittrich says:<\/p>\n

Years ago, a colleague asked “Why do I need to
\nhave so many passwords?” Rather than answering directly, I pointed at his
\nkeyring and asked him “Why do you need so many different keys? Wouldn’t it
\nbe easier to have just one key to open everything?”<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

He looked at me like I was crazy and said
\n“Well THAT would be dumb!”<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n


\n(Unfortunately, he did not recognize the analogy between his keys and his
\npasswords.)<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

So this brings me to some pointers on password security:<\/p>\n

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