Passwords – the Weakest Link in Healthcare Security
(1/30/2007) HCT Project Volume 4
By Vance Bjorn, DigitalPersona
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Passwords are the Achilles’ heel in healthcare security. Fingerprint authentication technology can
eliminate the temptation for users to share passwords – reducing the vulnerabilities and costs of
the network’s weakest link.
The more complicated the password policy, the more expensive it
is to implement and support. Between 25 and 50 percent of calls
to help desks are for password resets. Andreas Faruke, head of
Deloitte & Touche’s Identity Management Services in Canada estimated
that the typical enterprise spends an average of $150 per
user, per year to support password resets. In an organization with
just 1,000 users, that’s $150,000 a year – an expense that could be
virtually eliminated with a truly effective, easy-to-use and implement,
authentication solution.
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