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Originally Posted by aap1966
Hey, we have the same thing in our office!
Passwords are just "IT Theatre". IT wants to divert any security issues from itself to the users, so it sets up ridiculous password systems. Not secure (because people write them down), but shifts responsibility for IT security, so they can get back to playing "World of Warcraft".
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It's not all theatre.
Typically the ones who resist aggressive PW measures are executive management.
They are actually the ones to worry about most.
They use PW's like, the tail number from their plane, the name of their 100 ft sailboat, their dog, etc...
The reason that is problematic is communication groups.
While nice to have I don't need the CFO's PW when I have the Chairmans because they are in the same communication circle. Today's threaded emails will give you what most of your executives are talking about with access to just one of them.
You get two or three accounts and you know everything.