What is Password

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A secret word known only to the individual and computer systems created proven a person’s identity and grant them access to a system. Learn more in: Social Engineering Techniques, Password Selection, and Health Care Legislation: A Health Care Setting

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Knowledge-based authentication consisting of a secret series of characters according to predefined rules. It is the most widely used mechanism of authentication. Learn more in: Authentication Methods for Computer Systems Security

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Secret piece of data that is used in conjunction with a username to access private content or privileged systems. Learn more in: POSMASWEB: Paranoid Operating System Methodology for Anonymous and Secure Web Browsing

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An authorized word or sequence of characters that a user must enter as input in order to log on to a computer system and gain access to desired resources. Learn more in: Organizational Password Policy

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A secret word used to verify a person is authorized to access a system. Learn more in: Guarding Corporate Data from Social Engineering Attacks

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Knowledge-based authentication mechanism consisting of a secret series of characters according to predefined rules. It is the most widely-used mechanism of authentication. Learn more in: Authentication Practices from Passwords to Biometrics