When a company’s password policy is too complex, employees tend to write their passwords on a piece of paper and put it under their keyboard — similar to hiding a house key under the doormat — which is the first place an intruder looks.  This gives a false sense of security in the sense that if no one knows where to find the key, then no one can get in your house. This is an example of Security Through Obscurity (STO) or a “security theater,” which creates an illusion of security. I...

Imagine a world free of criminals where every single soul would obey the "law" and never resort to manipulate or break it. If there were no criminals, there would be no crime and hence the world would never think of having the need of security. But unfortunately, that is not the case in the real world as we know it. We all need security, right from having a password on our cell phones to building the most sophisticated defense system through Air force, the Navy or the Marines to protect the n...