I'm not saying it's a good thing at all. It's actually a really, really bad thing.
But, as much as we can chat about security and security technology and talk about what WE know, consumers are the ones driving adoption and they either a) have no clue about security, or b) don't care as long as technology is convenient. Consumers have been lulled to sleep and I blame poor security education and devices and technologies that are pretty without substance. A good example is the iPhone tracking debate. Apple came out and admitted to it today to say they will fix it, but called it a "bug". Too many sheep. From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2011 9:33 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Massive Databreach of Sony Playstation Database, IAM Nice idea, but think, when I can trick the user out of their credentials ( Social Engineering, Malware, Keylogger) then I have 10X more access to systems on the target network than I would have had before in a non-IAM type of environment. So how is this a net positive? I just don't see strong authentication ( 2X factor) in the initial authentication mechanisms of SSO/IAM that could help with this, in implementations, therefore can you really trust a person/entity is who they claim to be just by a username and password? ( Nope) Z Edward E. Ziots CISSP, Network +, Security + Network Engineer Lifespan Organization Email:[email protected] Cell:401-639-3505 From: Rod Trent [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2011 9:27 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Massive Databreach of Sony Playstation Database, Facebook rules the day already when it comes to single sign-on. They have quietly taken the lead on that. From: James Rankin [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2011 9:24 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Massive Databreach of Sony Playstation Database, I think these sort of things will power a drive towards more centralised identity management in general. At the moment, it is nothing but a risk to store a username and password and possibly financial data on hundreds of different websites with differing levels of security. Even for the intelligent, managing these vast arrays of logins and data presents a challenge which can often only be managed by third-party software. I wouldn't be surprised to see the likes of Google and Facebook trying to move in on this - using your login for Google, for example, to log on to myriad different websites, therefore only worrying about whether Google get hacked or not. Although I also see a move towards more federated ways of accessing different systems coming out from the likes of Citrix and VMWare as well, I think things like OpenCloud and Project Horizon also have started to encompass some form of identity management. On 27 April 2011 14:19, Ziots, Edward <[email protected]> wrote: More food for thought, I am sure that other devices ( WII, Xbox, etc etc) could also be exploitable, it underlies a bigger problem with database security in general. If you have provided information from your playstations to Sony to download content, you might want to be watching your CC Card information and other accounts very carefully, since your information is probably in the possession of unauthorized parties atm. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/138557/20110427/sony-playstation-suffers <http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/138557/20110427/sony-playstation-suffers%0A -massive-data-breach-criticized.htm> -massive-data-breach-criticized.htm Sincerely, EZ Edward E. 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