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Passwords Not Enough To Protect Complex Data

Feb 21, 2004 5:04PM PST

"Data can easily find itself in danger of being accessed by 'bad guys,'" said emeritus professor of computer science Gio Wiederhold, who will speak about trusted information databases Feb. 14 in Seattle at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). "Passwords and other means of access control are okay, but additional security mechanisms are needed to provide security." To ensure that data records are not released into the wrong hands, Wiederhold suggests adding filters to outgoing data.

Complete article at http://www.gridtoday.com/04/0223/102724.html

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