{"product_id":"9781457199943","title":"Take Control of Your Passwords","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOvercome password frustration with Joe Kissell's expert advice!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePasswords have become a truly maddening aspect of modern life, but with this book, you can discover how the experts handle all manner of password situations, including multi-factor authentication that can protect you even if a company's password file is stolen and hacked.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book explains what makes a password secure and helps you create a strategy that includes using a password manager, working with oddball security questions like \"what is your pet's favorite movie?\", and making sure your passwords are always available when needed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoe helps you choose a password manager (or switch to a better one) in a chapter that discusses desirable features and describes a dozen different apps, with a focus on those that work in OS X, iOS, Windows, and Android. The book also looks at how you can audit your passwords to keep them in tip-top shape, use two-step verification and two-factor authentication, and deal with situations where a password manager can't help.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book closes with an appendix on helping a relative set up a reasonable password strategy for those whose relatives have distressing password strategies, and an extended explanation of password entropy for those who want to consider the math behind passwords.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTeach This Book!\u003c\/b\u003e Once you're satisfied with your password strategy, you may want to help others improve theirs with one-on-one training or a group presentation. To help you, this book includes links to a downloadable one-page PDF handout and to a PDF-based slide deck about passwords.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Awesome. You did an amazing job breaking it down. This should be mandatory reading.\"\u003c\/i\u003e -Rich Mogull, CEO at Securosis\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book helps you overcome frustrations that arise when attempting to design a strategy for dealing with the following password problems:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003e9-character passwords with upper- and lowercase letters, digits, and punctuation are \u003cb\u003enot\u003c\/b\u003e strong enough.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou \u003cb\u003ecannot\u003c\/b\u003e turn a so-so password into a great one by tacking a punctuation character and number on the end.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is \u003cb\u003enot\u003c\/b\u003e safe to use the same password everywhere, even if it's a great password.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eA password is \u003cb\u003enot\u003c\/b\u003e immune to automated cracking because there's a delay between login attempts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eEven if you're an ordinary person without valuable data, your account may \u003cb\u003estill\u003c\/b\u003e be hacked, causing you problems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou \u003cb\u003ecannot\u003c\/b\u003e manually devise \"random\" passwords that will defeat potential attackers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eJust because a password doesn't appear in a dictionary, that does \u003cb\u003enot\u003c\/b\u003e necessarily mean that it's adequate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is \u003cb\u003enot\u003c\/b\u003e a smart idea to change your passwords every month.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eTruthfully answering security questions like \"What is your mother's maiden name?\" does \u003cb\u003enot\u003c\/b\u003e keep your data more secure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdding a character to a 10-character password does \u003cb\u003enot\u003c\/b\u003e make it 10 percent stronger.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eEasy-to-remember passwords like \"correct horse battery staple\" will \u003cb\u003enot\u003c\/b\u003e solve all your password problems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll password managers are \u003cb\u003enot\u003c\/b\u003e pretty much the same.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eYour passwords will \u003cb\u003enot\u003c\/b\u003e be safest if you never write them down and keep them only in your head.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Joe handles a confusing and scary subject more clearly and calmly than I would have thought possible. I'll be recommending this book to just about everybody I know.\"\u003c\/i\u003e -William Porter, database developer, author, photographer\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TidBITS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47140865868016,"sku":"9781457199943","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781457199943_p0.jpg?v=1763859194","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781457199943","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}