Thursday, 19 February 2015

Active Directory Password Reminder And Safety Of Information

By Katina Brady


If you are someone who works in the technical department and is in charge of monitoring the status of every log in details of the clients in your company, you will understand how challenging it could be. Monitoring a huge number of users is one. Making sure that their log ins work is another thing.

If you belong to a small company, then centralizing the access of business related information may not be a trend. This is because the number of people who are working with you is not that big. But for companies that have thousands of employees with them, active directory password reminder system is used.

This system has one primary role. It reminds every individual as to the expiration date of their password and encourages them to change it before the due date ends. The staff in charge of handling this system programs it and inputs command detailing the frequency and the time when you will be receiving the reminders.

Since the staff is given the authority to issue commands, they can very well detail how often the messages should appear. They can also send it both the cell phones of the persons and to their company email address. Unless you change your password, the notifications will keep on coming up. Be mindful that when you reached the expiration and you still did not make any change, you may not be able to access important business documents.

The notifications will also not be received by everyone at once. Schedules can be different for different departments or for different positions. For instance, the admin can schedule those who are heads of their departments to have the same day of notification sending. Their members can receive it some other time.

Theres a lot of money to the classified info found on the company's database. When these data are sold out to the wrong hands, the business can suffer great losses. This is why companies invest thousands even millions of money to make sure that their information is well protected. Otherwise, the damage can be priceless.

The demand for this type of system has increased over time because of the number of employees who don't seem to see the importance of being responsible with their company information. When verbal reminders don't work, the need to organize a separate team that will handle reminding them is seen to be more effective. And indeed it is.

You might think how the issue of information theft is not directly related to you. After all, isn't it the company's data that those men out there are after. Surely someone can block them. WRONG. Thats just plain insensitive. Besides, you have to remember that you are now a part of the company. Your personal information is already part of the data that they are trying to protect. Do your part. Do not be a passive participant.

Your personal data is your responsibility. Do not be passive about it. Apart from safety purposes, you also have the responsibility to abide by the rules set by the company.




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