This is all based on a 2007 study of website access accounts (see link<http://research.microsoft.com/apps/pubs/?id=74164>).
Below is part of the response I sent my CIO when he forwarded it to me earlier today... The person who conducted the study is quoted as saying..." Start with bullet-proof passwords, he said, even if your employer requires you to periodically reinvent them or use too many. " From: Brian Clark [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2010 1:38 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: please don't change your password! After a long week doing a SBS migration I didn't know how to take this article and needed to share it!! http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2010/04/11/please_do_not_change_your_password/?page=1 Brian ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
