Re: Password change *recommended* -- RESULTS?

[Bob Bayn <bob.bayn () USU EDU>]

OK, but whether the password change interval is the recommended 90 day (which suggests an average time to expiry of 45 
days) or our miserable, but user-appreciated 365 days, that still leaves the bad guys a typical window of weeks to 
months to use any password they obtained via the bug.

This is like the "fight" I continually have with some of the web form service providers used by phishers.  Some take a 
day or so to act on my abuse reports while a few respond in minutes.  Which ones continue to be successfully used by 
phishers?

Bob Bayn      SER 301      (435)797-2396    IT Security Team
Office of Information Technology,         Utah State University
    Do you know the "Skeptical Hover Technique" and
    how to tell where a web link really goes?  See:
    https://it.usu.edu/computer-security/computer-security-threats/articleID=23737

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Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Password change *recommended* -- RESULTS?

In a way, the HeartBleed bug is a cause celebre for password expiry. Instead of incurring the risk of service 
disruptions around a forced password change, and assuming people never voluntarily change passwords, you can just allow 
the small risk of passwords being grabbed to diminish over the course of the next PW change interval.

___________________________
Dan Jones
Information Security Analyst
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Pedersen, Krystal
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Subject: [SECURITY] Password change *recommended* -- RESULTS?

Hello Everyone – I was looking to get an idea as to how successful a recommended password change broadcast is (to the 
entire school population)? Perhaps a percentage, such as -- last time we sent a broadcast out recommended a password 
change, with instructions on how to change your password, less than 1% of passwords were actually changed?

Thanks!

Krystal Pedersen, CISA
Information Technology<http://inside.umassmed.edu/is/index.aspx>
Information Security, Risk & Compliance Analyst
krystal.pedersen () umassmed edu<mailto:krystal.pedersen () umassmed edu>