A password is a confidential, often arbitrary, and unspaced sequence of characters entered by a computer user to verify his or her identity when attempting to log onto restrictive (or "locked") computer software, such as systems, programs, files, and...

A password is a form of secret authentication data that is used to control access to a resource. The password is kept secret from those not allowed access, and those wishing to gain access are tested on whether or not they know the password and are...

PASSWORD, AND A CODE More online firms creating two-step process to log on Associated Press Tuesday, June 8, 2004 To access her bank account online, Marie Jubran opens a Web browser and types in her Swedish national ID number along...

Document Management Increases the Need for Secure Passwords Electronic data storage, although convenient, increases the opportunity for unauthorized persons to improperly access data. Accountants often have access to personal information that, if compromised, could make clients and employees susceptible to identity theft, potentially...

An elected coroner has been ordered to stand trial after a newspaper reporter testified that the coroner, trying to keep reporters from calling him, gave her the password to a confidential government Web site.Lancaster County Coroner G. Gary Kirchner is charged with unlawful use of...

A leading provider of digital-security services wants to make disposable passwords easier for consumers to accept by squeezing the technology into the corner of a regular credit or ATM card.Fran Rosch, vice president for authentication services at VeriSign Inc., said the one-time passwords haven't taken...