The recent DIBR statistics suggest that 80% of the hacking related breaches mainly take place due to the usage of weak and re-used passwords. Some of the major IT veterans talk about their take on weak passwords leading to cyber-attacks.
Vikas Bhonsle, CEO at Crayon Software Experts India
ays how dreadful it is to find out that one’s account has been hacked. Now if the accounts are of an IT organization that is another major concern because all the important data and resources are at the risk of exposure. The next immediate step taken is figuring out which data and how much of it has been hacked.Thus, it is very important to keep a strong password for proper security. The hackers mainly target passwords and particularly privileged passwords because they get major information from one single password. One should have strong password policies, change the passwords frequently, have unique passwords and most importantly not sharing it with anyone.
He states compromised passwords are the major reason behind data breaches taking place. Password sharing is a common problem since may years. The emerging problem now is the problem of privileged users and access. Privileged user accounts have enhanced access rights to sensitive data and information of an organization. These are the accounts the hackers target because exploiting it, one can access the entire network, structure, system and data of an organization. The solution to this problem should be both strong system, processes and robust tools. At TechnoBind they have helped customers with these privilege management solutions
