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...There are programs out there that can crack passwords,” says Erin Nettifee, Supervisor of Residential Computing. “It can be done but it takes time, so it’s not easy.” University Technology Security Officer Scott O. Bradner says that the PIN server is almost uncrackable. Even if an ingenious Cantabrigian were to break into the server, Harvard PINs are stored in a cryptographic hash and cannot be decrypted even by the system manager. And as for credit card numbers, one card issuer, Harvard University Employees Credit Union, guarantees that...
...layman with access to a web browser. Even with a sophisticated security systems and round-the-clock experts at its disposal, Harvard is unable to protect student information all the time. “The biggest problem is people not thinking about things,” says Scott Bradner, the University’s technology security adviser. Bradner says that careless use of passwords and generally “being sloppy” are the greatest vulnerabilities students face when using the internet.ONLINE MEDIAA more disturbing trend, however, is not the dissemination of private data, but students’ willingness...
...Bradner said the healthcare industry is under unusually strict requirements to protect sensitive information, in part due to HIPAA...
After the iCommons Poll Tool was shut down last night, University Technology Security Officer Scott Bradner said that “there’s no condition under which [the ID number] should have been shared…It was not a design feature...
These vulnerabilities stem from Harvard’s use of a non-confidential number to verify identity and access secure systems. ID numbers, which Bradner says are considered “non-public but not secret,” are often widely distributed—to course heads and staff, on printed ID cards and even to students planning a barbecue...