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April Edition of OUCH!: Passphrases

Posted on: April 1st, 2015 by Jacob Schuldt

SANS has released their April edition of OUCH!, covering passphrases, and why they are better than passwords.

“We are excited to announce the April issue of OUCH! This month, led by Guest Editor Guy Bruneau, we cover passphrases.  Specifically, what passphrases are, why they are better than passwords and how to use them securely.  As always, we encourage you to download and share OUCH! with others.

English Version (PDF)

http://www.securingthehuman.org/newsletters/ouch/issues/OUCH-201504_en.pdf

Translations & Archives

http://www.securingthehuman.org/ouch

RSA

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Folks, I’m very excited to be a keynote panelist at RSA on protecting kids online.  I would love any ideas you have on what our community should be doing to help protect kids.  Please send any suggestions you have to me at lspitzner@sans.org; I would love to hear from you as your feedback will help determine what I talk about. You can learn more about the event at https://www.rsaconference.com/events/us15/agenda/sessions/1982/into-the-woods-protecting-our-youth-from-the-wolves.

AWARENESS SUMMITS

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The websites for both Security Awareness Summits are now live.

Pick your poison and sign up now before they sell out 🙂

LONDON, 10 Jul:  http://www.sans.org/event/european-security-awareness-summit

PHILLY, 19 Aug:  http://www.sans.org/event/security-awareness-summit-2015

VIDEO OF THE MONTH

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This month’s video is “Social Engineering in Healthcare Environments.” In this video, we explain to healthcare professionals what social engineering attacks are, how they apply to their organization and what they can do to spot and stop them. More at www.securingthehuman.org/resources/ncsam.

SANSFIRE

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Don’t miss SANSFIRE 2015, June 13-20, in Baltimore, MD. Choose from more than 40 hands-on Infosec courses taught by SANS incomparable instructors, plus bonus sessions, a vendor expo and challenging Core and DFIR NetWars competitions! Save $400! Enter discount code “EarlyBird15” and pay for any 4-6 day course by April 22.

http://www.sans.org/u/2uN

Source: http://www.securingthehuman.org

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