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	<title>Cisco Blog &#187; Andy Balinsky</title>
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		<title>Security Features vs. Securing Features</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2012 15:08:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Balinsky</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[cisco-seccon-2012]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here's the fourth in a series of posts revolving around the recently held Cisco SecCon 2012 (December 3-6) security conference.   This post zeroes in on the fact that software vendors need to start focusing (more) on the overall security and quality of software, not just on the implementation of security features in products.]]></description>
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		<title>Numeric Password Follies</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cisco.com/security/numeric-password-follies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2012 16:52:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Balinsky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post highlights yet another recently discovered issue with the use of weak password schemes and includes some suggestions on how to strengthen the overall security of the authentication process.]]></description>
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		<title>NCSAM TIP #14: Password Management</title>
		<link>http://blogs.cisco.com/security/ncsam-tip14-password-management/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 16:13:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Balinsky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Passwords for computer authentication are as old as multiuser computers, and are not the best form of authentication we have. Certificates are better, but harder to manage. So, for most purposes we are stuck with passwords.]]></description>
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		<title>How Secure are Numeric Passwords?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 15:55:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Balinsky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Numeric passwords are ubiquitous. Most of you use one nearly every day, whether it be on your smartphone, your debit card, your voicemail system, or a secure token. How secure are those passwords? How likely is an attacker to be able to misuse it?  This post will go through a number of recommendations to help users choose stronger, numeric passwords for various use cases.
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