Passwords provide a constant dilemma for Network Administrators. Without a corporate password policy, users will frequently choose passwords that are based around football teams, pet names, family names, and holiday destinations. As such, this poses a significant area of vulnerability within an organisation's security framework.
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On the other side of the equation, if a corporate security policy dictates that passwords are to be complex, so the number of users writing their passwords down on the side of their screen, and on dockets of paper at their desk increases. In addition, so the number of helpdesk support calls increases, when users forget their passwords and then inadvertently lock themselves out from their computer.
There is a strong consensus within the security arena, that 2-factor authentication, combining something that the user knows, (ie a password) with something they physically have, (ie some kind of token/smartcard/usb device/biometric) provides a significantly increased level of security.
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