THE WHATIS.COM WORD-OF-THE-DAY July 14, 2003 password synchronization ______________ SPONSORED BY: AMD
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Password synchronization also reduces the number of password-related requests for help, which are reported as being the single biggest demand on help desk resources. There are a number of password synchronization products available, including MTech's P-Synch, Proginet's SecurPass, and Systor's SAM Password Synchronization. Password synchronization is among a number of identity management processes that have been developed to deal with password chaos, a too-common situation in which users have multiple identities and passwords across a variety of networks, Web sites, applications, computers and/or computing devices. According to a ZDNet article, password chaos is one of the main threats to the development of e-commerce. ______________________ SELECTED LINKS: M-Tech Identity Management Solutions offers a White Paper comparing Password synchronization vs. single sign-on. http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/whitepaper/1,289194,sid7_gci827798,00.html ZDNet Anchor Desk has an article about "How password chaos could kill e-commerce." http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/stories/story/0,10738,2849076,00.html SearchSecurity offers an article about "Passwords and authentication." http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/tip/1,289483,sid14_gci865564,00.html ______________________ RELATED TERMS: authentication http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid14_gci211621,00.html single signon http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid14_gci340859,00.html identity management http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid14_gci906307,00.html password chaos http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid14_gci912172,00.html ______________________ TODAY'S TECH NEWS: SURVEY: SPAM IS SCOURGE OF MESSAGING WORLD Just how big a problem is spam? 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