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Compliance and RSA Sign-On Manager: Implementing Best Practices in Authentication

Overview Today's end-user typically uses several complex passwords that are designed to protect against guessing or dictionary attacks. They also foil end-users who commit them to post-it notes, the backs of business cards and PDA notations, rather than to memory. Forgotten and lost passwords not only represent a security risk but also are expensive. They generate calls to the help desk and administrative overhead, and result in lost productivity. RSA Sign-On Manager effectively reduces an end-users passwords to one.

Further White Paper Details
Publisher	RSA Security	File Format	PDF
Date Published	May 2005	Downloads	127
Format	White Papers
Topics	Security Standards, Network Security, Best Practices

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