Why?

WPI Information Security educates our community about topics to improve security in their WPI work as well as their personal endeavors.   

Action Needed

View the August 2024 edition of SECURE IT online (Actions).

Details

This month let's focus on password hygiene. It's a set of best practices that reduces the likelihood of your account being compromised.

In this issue:

  • Password Cracking Techniques
  • Password Managers & How to Make a Strong Password
  • Learning with Laughter
  • From WPI's CISTO: If a Vendor Is Breached...
  • Where to Find Information Security?
  • Meet Jim MacDonald!
  • Featured Videos & By the Numbers
  • Do You Reuse Passwords?
  • Passwords in the News
  • Expired Password Phishing Scam at WPI
  • Diversity in Cybersecurity
Two pictures of a knight. The first is labeled "Multi-Million Dollar Cyber Budget." The second is the knight's helmet. An arrow labeled "Password Reuse" is entering the helmet's eye slit.