BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Password
- a series of characters that enables a user to access a private file, Web site, computer, or application
Wiktionary Definition for: Password
- A secret word used to gain admittance, or to gain access to information; a watchword
- # computing a string of characters, known only to a user, used, along with a user name, to log in to some computer or network etc
Additional Resources
- Choosing a smart password
- Posted by Michael Santerre, Consumer Operations Associate As part of National Cyber Security Awareness Month , we'd like to take this opportunity to remind you about smart password practices. Help ensure you're protecting your computer, website, and personal information by checking out our security series on the...
- News items 2009-10-06
- Password-Protect Your Hard Drive
- Your Windows password may stop unsavory characters from accessing your data in your office, but what happens if your PC gets stolen? Then it's a simple matter to remove your hard drive and read all your confidential data through another computer. PC World says that one way...
- Blog posts 2009-02-03
- Quest Software Helps Tighten Windows and Active Directory Password Enforcement; Quest Password Reset Manager 3.0 Enhanced to Better Enforce Strong Password Policies
- IRVINE, Calif. -- Quest Software Inc. (Nasdaq:QSFT), a leading provider of application, database and Windows management solutions, has released version 3.0 of its Quest Password Reset Manager. The new version provides additional password policy management capabilities to support stronger password enforcement across Active Directory and Windows NT 4.0 domains, while...
- Research articles 2004-09-27
- Get Into Windows After Losing Your Password
- Losing your Windows password is the most catastrophic tech problem I can imagine, second only, perhaps, to losing my iPhone with Halle Berry's phone number on it. Windows itself makes no allowances for forgotten passwords, except to warn you that it's a bad idea. But there are many ways you...
- Blog posts 2009-03-09
- Avatier's Self-Service Password Management Solutions Gain Wide Acceptance With Rapid Expansion of Customer Base
- Avatier Software ( http://www.avatier.com ), a leading provider of identity and access management products for midrange and large enterprises, today announced that corporate and government deployments for its award-winning password management solutions have increased significantly in 2006. New customers in for Avatier's Password Station and Password Bouncer, demonstrate that...
- Research articles 2006-11-17
- Check Your Password Strength with The Password Meter
- Check Your Password Strength with The Password MeterAnd I trust this site because.....So, I'm going to type my password into a site I know nothing about? Errrrr, nope.
- Discussion threads 2008-03-25
- DuPont Selects the Password Auto Repository from e-DMZ Security for Administrative Password Control; Leading Worldwide Science Company Deploys Automated Root/Admin Password Management Solution
- WILMINGTON, Del. -- e-DMZ Security's Products Division today announced that DuPont (NYSE:DD) has selected the Password Auto RepositoryTM PAR for administrative password management and control. The PAR is the only operations tool available today that offers a comprehensive solution that includes the release, change, and verification of critical passwords like...
- Research articles 2004-07-22
- Customers Leverage Courion's Self-Service Password Reset Connector for IBM Tivoli Access Manager Investments; New Connector Enables Rapid Implementation of Web Access Management Solutions
- SAN FRANCISCO -- CourionR Corporation, a leading provider of enterprise provisioning solutions, today announced that customers are leveraging Courion's Password Reset Connector for self-service password reset of IBM Tivoli Access Manager and other applications. This connector has been developed for companies with existing IBM Tivoli Access Manager environments that require...
- Research articles 2005-05-09
- Avatier Extends End-to-End Password Management with Three Modes for Phone Password Reset; Introduces Voice Identification Technology and Exclusive Support for RSA SecurID for Self-Service Password Reset
- SAN RAMON, Calif. -- Avatier Corporation, a leading provider of global Identity and Access Management solutions, today announced the Avatier Phone Password Reset Suite, an additional module of the Avatier Identity Management Server AIMS platform. This new product suite extends AIMS' user provisioning and end-to-end password management offering to include...
- Research articles 2005-06-22
- University of California, San Francisco Selects Password Management Solution from NetWrix Corporation to Manage 17,000 Users
- PARAMUS, N.J. -- NetWrix Corporation today announced that University of California, San Francisco has selected NetWrix Password Manager Solution to automate its password management activities. More than 100 administrators at UCSF drive IT activities daily, supporting almost 17,000 Windows and Mac users at more than a dozen different sites. The...
- Research articles 2007-11-20
- PistolStar's Password Power Portal Plug-in Sharply Reduces Authentication Steps via Authentication Redirection to Microsoft Active Directory
- NASHUA, N.H. -- PistolStar, Inc., an authority in password management and Microsoft Active Directory integration, today introduces the Password Power Portal Plug-In, the latest addition to Password Power 8's framework of plug-ins for optimizing authentication to various applications, such as SAP and IBM Lotus. The Password Power Portal Plug-In enables...
- Research articles 2006-10-31
- DigitalPersona Introduces Password Manager Software
- Wireless News 09-20-2004 DigitalPersona Introduces Password Manager Software WIRELESS NEWS-20 September 2004-DigitalPersona Introduces Password Manager Software C2004 10Meters - http:// www.10meters.com DigitalPersona, a provider of fingerprint recognition systems, has released its DigitalPersona Password Manager Software. ...
- Research articles 2004-09-20
- Ellie Mae unveils Password Manager
- ELLIE MAE INC., PLEASANTON, CALIFORNIA, has launched Password Manager, a new feature in its ePASS[R] Business Center. Password Manager allows the login name and password for each lender and vendor to be securely saved so that users don't need to memorize and enter them each time they submit an order,...
- Research articles 2002-07-01
- Ellie Mae, Inc. Unveils Password Manager For ePASS Users
- Business Editors PLEASANTON, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--May 22, 2002 Top transaction portal now provides seamless password entry Ellie MaeR Inc., a provider of Internet and software solutions for mortgage originators, announced Password Manager, a new feature in the ePASSR Business Center designed to solve a problem unique to mortgage...
- Research articles 2002-05-22
- Avatier Corporation Announces Password Station.NET 2.0 for Self-Service Password Reset
- Business Editors/High-Tech Writers New Version Offers Enhanced Usability, Improved Functionality, and Increased Security to Reduce Operational Costs Avatier Corporation, a leading provider of award-winning Microsoft-centric enterprise, administration, security and productivity applications, announced today the immediate availability of Password Station.NETTM 2.0, the first self-service password reset solution built...
- Research articles 2002-06-25
- 5 Tips For Top-Notch Password Security
- Whether it's a few PCs or hundreds on your network, there's one thing that can separate your system from being compromised: a great password. Hackers want access to anything and everything. If they can guess your user name and password, you might as well have given them your wallet and...
- White papers
- Citrix Password Manager Honored as Winner in the SC Magazine Awards 2006 Europe; European IT Security Professionals Bestow Top Recognition on Citrix Systems' Enterprise Single Sign-on Technology as Best in Industry
- FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CTXS), the global leader in access infrastructure solutions, today announced that Citrix Password ManagerTM, the most secure, efficient and easy-to-deploy enterprise single sign-on ESSO solution for accessing password-protected applications, was declared the winner of the prestigious SC Magazine Awards 2006 Europe in the...
- Research articles 2006-05-22
- Citrix Password Manager 4.0 Enhances Corporate Security and Adds Key User Mobility Technologies
- MUNICH, Germany -- Citrix Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CTXS), the global leader in access infrastructure solutions, today announced a major upgrade to CitrixR Password ManagerTM with the launch of Password Manager 4.0. The new release of Password Manager provides more efficient enterprise single sign-on ESSO capabilities for enterprise IT departments, facilitates security...
- Research articles 2005-04-26
- Ensim Announces Upgrade to Password Management Solution
- Ensim Corporation, the leading provider of user provisioning and access control software, today announced the immediate availability of the Ensim Unify Password Manager, Version 2.5. Part of the latest module in Ensim's Unify Enterprise Suite, Password Manager 2.5 allows organizations to adhere to strong password policy enforcement, without slowing employee...
- Research articles 2008-06-03
- NAB to offer SMS password protection.(Brief Article)
- Mar 10, 2005 (The Australian Financial Review - ABIX via COMTEX) The National Australia Bank NAB has announced plans to introduce an SMS-password security service. The service will eventually be made available to all internet banking customers. The password system will further protect NAB...
- Research articles 2005-03-31
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