How many passwords do you have for work?

[AJK]

The security policies being described and complained about can let you in on the sort of security model is in use not that you'd be able to do anything with it... unless you've foolishly handed others your password.

Yes, talking about what kind of systems you have access to, and what kind of passwords you have, might give someone an insight into your IT security policy. But telling you that my front door locks with a key doesn't let you into my house. There shouldn't be any reason to worry about discussing the nature of your security policy (well, unless you're forbidden to, of course) as long as you don't divulge security secrets themselves.

Actually I just don't see it being any of yours business like my finances or downy hair growth!

Why post in a thread if your strongest contribution is "none of your business"?

 

[D.P.]

Actually I just don't see it being any of yours business like my finances or downy hair growth!

I earn $105k before bonuses, get a 10% matching 401K, and have 163,000 stock options on the company,. Who the heck cares

 

[Judgeneo]

Hypothetically If one of our bosses were to come across this thread how worried would you be?

Myself not at all I've given nothing away!

All I've said is that my clients have different networks to each other, some use encryption, and that there are other passwords for other stuff, some VPNs exist and they are adequately protected, and that I use a good method of making passwords. This is not a lot of information. My bosses wouldn't care - and I work for a security firm .

If the question was, do you re-use passwords and people were saying yet, all my passwords are HarryPotterIsGr8! then the company would be pretty peeved.

 

[RichIbizaSport]

Around 2000.

LastPass ftw.

 

[bledd]

pass1235

foolproof

 

[Amp34]

I work in It so we have craploads of passwords, probably over 100.

Thank you KeePass

So actually you have one password...

 

[ThePirateHulk]

Around a dozen or so personal ones and hundreds of "shared" accounts to get into various systems (all in KeePass)

 

[jonneymendoza]

I earn $105k before bonuses, get a 10% matching 401K, and have 163,000 stock options on the company,. Who the heck cares

nice

 

[MissChief]

Most of the systems at my work have an automated logon system after you've signed into your Windows account but there are a few systems that haven't been integrated into it yet. Does make it much easier as there are about 15 systems in total and some use payroll number, others use email address, one uses NI number and some firstname.lastname. As has been said as well, the password reset cycles are often completely out of sync as well!

 

[Pawnless Endgame]

I have about 20 passwords for work and about 60 at home. Problem is, IT dept states that my next Windows password cannot be any of my last 12 passwords. How the hell am I supposed to remember what my last 12 passwords were lol? Can't write down my last 11 passwords because that would be insecure.

 

[ozaudio]

I have that many passwords sometimes I have to change them when logging in as I forget them so have no other options as I don't have them anywere but in my head

 

[Energize]

One. Many passwords reduces overall security as people take to writing them down in some format.

 

[Energize]

People that say stuff like this have the least to hide and need the minimal security.

No, they're just baiting...

 

[jon86]

Too many.

If I recall correctly, my previous company had a password policy that forced a password change every 90 days, and prevented you from using the last five passwords. However, it wasn't time-restricted, so it wasn't unheard of for people to change it six times in one go and on the sixth time, change it back to the original.

e.g.

Password
Password1
Password2
Password3
Password4
Password5
Password

 

[jon86]

Double post.

 

[Meridian]

Mercifully, just the one password in the current job. If we ever get Salesforce back then I'll need a second one, but SF rules allow me to use the same one I use for work, so they'll be the same. In general I always sync passwords at work if I have more than one of them - over the years I've developed a password that nearly all system allow. Then, when the four/six/eight week change comes, I just add one to the number bit of it. And update all the others to the new one.

 

[Jasseh]

Internal only: roughly 10.
External: way too many.

 

[GeX]

One that I use often (login / sudo). I access the rest of my work network with SSH keys, the pass phrases for which are held in my key chain.

For personal use I have LastPass and that is unlocked with my Yubikey.

 

[Regy53]

the windows password is good, the main password stays the same but each time its asks for a update people just add another number on the end gets silly after a few years

 

[Adsta]

For my job approx 30 odd different passwords for various things. Its hard sometimes but easy enough. I use themes to remember them. The passwords also have to be changed every 6months lol.

Its why I get annoyed when some of our users can't even remember the 3-4 passwords they have to remember or worse write them down.