• 0x0@programming.dev
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    21 hours ago

    Meanwhile Dave from Accounting has password123 written on a post-it on the monitor.

    • Eager Eagle@lemmy.world
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      21 hours ago

      and only because the system forces users to renew passwords every year and this is his third year

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          19 hours ago

          the least I’ve seen was 6 months. If I had to change passwords every 90 days I’d spam them with articles showing this is idiotic every month.

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            6 hours ago

            Yet I have done, it doesn’t work. Because what do I know? I only work in cyber security it’s only my job. I’m sure Bernard the C-Suite middle manager knows better, pay no attention to all the ask toolbars he has installed.

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      21 hours ago

      A security feature of our system is that if you don’t know what you’re doing you’ll break it so bad IT will be called right away.