Shared credentials - The Inconvenient Truth

"Credential Sharing" is one thing that really scares IT Security folks.

Even though privilege account monitoring has been around for some time, it has not been widely adopted.

Hopefully, Multi-factor authentication should provide some solace.

From the article 

1. Conducted among 200 of these (IT) decision-makers, the survey found that 52 percent of US-based IT employees  shared credentials with contractors.
2. 74 percent of those surveyed in the US reported that their organization needed to do a better job monitoring who is accessing data.
3. 62 percent believe their organization has too many privileged users

For more info:

http://www.darkreading.com/operations/identity-and-access-management/shared-passwords-and-no-accountability-plague-privileged-account-use/d/d-id/1321306

Biometrics - New virgin territory "Ear Wax" (after "Under Arm")

Who would of thought of it.

Now, does this mean , if this is successful , the employees will be instructed to keep their ear dirty. This will work for the company but not for those would like to keep your company.

And same thing goes for "Under Arm Odor". Does this mean , I should stop taking bath?

According to the article:- 

Scientists from the Monell Center analysed the chemicals that give earwax its distinctive, pungent smell – and found that compounds in the wax could be used to identify the wax creator’s racial origins, with ear wax differing markedly between East Asians and Caucasians.

“Our previous research has shown that underarm odors can convey a great deal of information about an individual, including personal identity, gender, sexual orientation, and health status,” said study senior author George Preti, PhD, an organic chemist at Monell. “We think it possible that earwax may contain similar information.”

The links below has more information:-

http://www.welivesecurity.com/2014/03/26/sniffing-earwax-could-offer-icky-new-frontier-in-biometrics