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By: Duncan Brown

Duncan Brown is chief security strategist EMEA at Forcepoint.

1 Article
  • How useful are passwords for keeping our data secure?

    Are passwords actually keeping our data secure?

    Every year, new research and new articles appear telling us that the most popular passwords are still things like “password1” and “qwerty123”.  This “big” reveal is then followed up by a lecture on the importance of protecting yourself online. But we’ve been using passwords as digital identification tools for as long as we’ve had technology, [...]

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