56IBM Business Process Manager Security: Concepts and Guidance
3.3 Common security holes
In this section we discuss common security holes we see with authentication:
Weak password policies
Failure to change default passwords
Faith in firewalls
Insecure LDAP connections
Insecure SSO solutions
3.3.1 Weak password policies
When asked to create a password, we humans nearly universally create passwords that are
easy to remember. Easy to remember nearly always means easy to guess. Most people will
use names of people, pets or locations with which they are familiar. Or perhaps they will use
some geometric pattern on the keyboard (like “asdf”). When ...
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