Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Monster.com Employee Passwords Compromised

As described in this article: http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid14_gci1346018,00.html, Monster.com employee login credentials were recently stolen. Now that hackers have their passwords, Monster's systems are at risk until every last password is changed -- and those users who happen to use the same passwords all over the place are at even greater risk. The solution, of course, is 2-factor authentication. If your password is just 1/2 of the login equation, you're protected even if the password is compromised.

That's the foundation of the SafeTelework with Enterprise-in-a-Flash system, based on patented 2-factor authentication. Ours isn't the only way to do it, though we think it's the best. Even if you choose a different product, please be sure it has 2-factor authentication enforcement 100% of the time. Otherwise, you're just putting yourself at risk.