Gates calls on industry to mobilise on security, smart cards
Published: 09 May 2000 16:19 BST
"I would say today that the weakest link in security management is that passwords are used to identify who is running the system," Gates said. He said the answer would be to move away from passwords being the only form of authentication. "The dominant approach would be physical possession of a smart card."
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