The RTL India Ltd. is an Online retailing company selling electronic mercantile, glocery, food and other items. The company is doing well across metro cities and wishes to expand its coverage into urban areas with IT net
CS Professional · Information Technology and Systems Audit · PYQS · December 2021
The RTL India Ltd. is an Online retailing company selling electronic mercantile, glocery, food and other items. The company is doing well across metro cities and wishes to expand its coverage into urban areas with IT networking infrastructures. For online selling of these products, a consumer gets registered thru an online App or use his (her) credit/debit card to make online payment. In the recent past, the company is facing issues regarding cyber frauds and customers are complaining about the fraudulent transactions occurring thru their accounts, hence RTL India's reputation is at stake due to such issues. The company has decided to upgrade information systems software with IT enabled infrastructures by improving security on their network and providing cloud based services. You have been appointed as an advisor (consultant) to suggest ways to improve security strategies, good usage of supply chain management and uplifting the image of company with different stakeholders. Based upon the above description, answer the following questions : For a secured system, a good and cryptic password is required. How to create 'good' password ?
Answer & Explanation:
The features or characteristics of a good password are as under: Must be minimum 8-character long. A longer password would be even better; Should not contain dictionary or common words; Should not contain personal information like name, date of birth etc., which may be predicted easily; Must include 3 to 4 of such characters as: UPPER CASE letter, lower case letter, special symbols like $%^&. Using a mix of different types of characters to make the password harder to crack; Keep changing it periodically (preferably 6 months to a year).
Topics: Information Security
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