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A password for the Hawaii emergency agency was hiding in a public photo, written on a Post-it note

A password for the Hawaii emergency agency was hiding in a public photo, written on a Post-it note

A password for the Hawaii emergency agency was hiding in a public photo, written on a Post-it note

While the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency says a false missile alert was not a hack, a password in a photo has drawn criticism of its security practices.

Source: www.businessinsider.com/hawaii-emergency-agency-password-discovered-in-photo-sparks-security-criticism-2018-1

Thor Pedersen

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  1. Marilyn Walter

    Do we know if this picture is real or an internet meme that has been photoshopped

  2. Anindya Biswas

    As an Information security consultant I want to move to Hawaii and work on this project – to instill culture and security awareness in that workplace.

    They welcome us with garlands, just like the movies, no?

    1. Thor Pedersen

      They do use the lei’s here, they have already made a lot of changes, but like anything else we do. It should be done right to begin with, no when we make a mistake.

  3. Thor Pedersen

    Maybe a little too soon…
    I was at first angry at the guy who picked the wrong choice on the drop-down menu, but really it is his management team who set him up to fail.

  4. Fleury Di

    Failure to safeguard Data-in-use. Whatever happened to the clean desk policy?

  5. Chris Chi-Town

    Checking the security logs can determine if a hack has occurred.

    1. Jayne Britton

      Not really, unless you have IA walk the floor in keeping with a clean desk policy you may be surprised how often PW are out in the open. The harder the PW the more likely someone will need to write it down.

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