Post 0002 - Mastering Security

The 25 Worst Passwords of 2011

Today, MSNBC published this list and declared that these are the 25 worst passwords of 2011.

1. password
2. 123456
3. 12345678
4. qwerty
5. abc123
6. monkey
7. 1234567
8. letmein
9. trustno1
10. dragon
11. baseball
12. 111111
13. iloveyou
14. master
15. sunshine
16. ashley
17. bailey
18. passwOrd
19. shadow
20. 123123
21. 654321
22. superman
23. qazwsx
24. michael
25. football

This is the article in case you want to read it from the source. http://technolog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/11/21/8937472-the-25-worst-passwords-of-2011

Note to all System Administrators, if you are smart, you know how to configure your operating system authentication access security systems to reject such idiotic passwords. Keep this list handy and refer to it now and then. Because as long as systems require authentication using passwords, passwords will remain a serious system vulnerability.

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William Favre Slater, III

MBA, M.S., PMP, CISSP, SSCP, CISA, ISO 27002, ISO 20000, ITIL v3, Cloud Computing Foundation

Project Manager / Program Manager

M.S. in Cybersecurity Program at Bellevue University

http://cybersecuritymsbellevue.blogspot.com

CIS 537 Introduction to Cyber Ethics

http://cis537-wfs.blogspot.com

CIS 608 Information Security Management

http://cis608.blogspot.com

CYBR 515 - Security Architecture and Design

http://cybr515.blogspot.com

CYBR 510 Physical, Operations, and Personnel Security

http://cybr510.blogspot.com

Mastering Security

http://masteringsecurity.blogspot.com

Career

http://billslater.com/career

Certifications

http://billslater.com/certifications

Credentials

http://on.fb.me/fW3wH0

ISO 27001

http://billslater.com/iso27001

Chicago, IL

United States of America

Post 0001 - Mastering Security

Post 001 - Mastering Security

Welcome to my Information Security Blog at http://masteringsecurity.blogspot.com.

I am not usually a "blogger" by nature. However, I am an Information Security Professional by trade, and as such I am in constant pursuit of excellence in all things related to Information Security.

On November 20, 2011, I completed the first two Cybersecurity courses in my Bellevue University M.S. in Cybersecurity program that I started on August 29, 2011. Each of these courses required a blog and that's how I got into the regular blogging habit.

These are the Cybersecurity courses with their respective blogs:

CIS 608 - Information Security Management - http://cis608.blogspot.com/

CYBR 515 - Security Architecture and Design - http://cybr515.blogspot.com/

Shown below, are my next two Cybersecurity courses that both start on November 28, 2011 with their respective blogs:

CYBR 510 - Physical, Operational, and Personnel Security - http://cybr510.blogspot.com/

CIS 537 - CyberEthics - http://cis537-wfs.blogspot.com/

Anyway, I will also be maintaining one blog for each of the other 10 Cybersecurity courses in this program, so as a attempt two courses at a time between now and graduation, you will see the active blogs associated with each of these courses. Accordingly, as I complete my Cybersecurity courses, I will wrap up the blogs associated with those courses.

And that's why I started this blog. I will be making blog entries about Information Security on a regular basis, to share with people things I am interested in related to Information Security, things I am doing, and things I am thinking.

In case you are curious, here are a few links with information about things I have accomplished during my career.

Resume: http://billslater.com/wfs_resume.pdf

Career: http://billslater.com/career

Certifications: http://billslater.com/certifications

Credentials: http://on.fb.me/fW3wH0

ISO 27001: http://billslater.com/iso27001

M.S.: http://billlslater.com/uop

MBA: http://billslater.com/uopmba

Bio: http://billslater.com/bio

Writing: http://billslater.com/writing

Thoughts: http://billslater.com/thoughts

Secrets: http://billslater.com/secrets

Some Personal Stuff:

Chicago: http://billslater.com/mychicago

Love Story: http://billslater.com/internetlovestory.htm

So here's to our mutual and collective success in Information Security!!!

William Favre Slater, III
MBA, M.S., PMP, CISSP, SSCP, CISA, ISO 27002, ISO 20000, ITIL v3, Cloud Computing Foundation
Project Manager / Program Manager
slater@billslater.com
http://billslater.com/career
Chicago, IL
United States of America