PasswordsCon

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Low volume account specifically for PasswordsCon: announcements, events, talks etc. Following a small set of past speakers & a few others.
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PasswordsConFeb 25
Per ThorsheimFeb 25

Data Protection Agencies should have good security, right?

I've scanned almost 160 DPAs around the world using the Dutch Internet Standards Platform @internet_nl to check web, dns and email security.

The results are in, and you won't like them.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/data-protection-agencies-dpa-should-have-good-right-per-thorsheim-ecbwe/

Data Protection Agencies (DPA) should have good security, right?

But they don't, and that's not just my personal opinion, but the result of scanning almost 160 DPAs around the world using the excellent free service of Dutch Internet Standards Platform (Internet.nl), checking their web, dns and email security.

PasswordsConFeb 20
Per ThorsheimFeb 19

Lawyers using free mail services like Hotmail, Gmail & iCloud?
Oh yes!

Security, privacy & lawyers legal obligation to confidentiality?
Good question!

I've written about lawyers in Norway using such services, and my own personal recommendations about it.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/lawyers-using-free-email-services-per-thorsheim-4fkee/

Lawyers Using Free Email Services

I have previously written a couple of articles about email security at law firms in Norway & Denmark. I have also written about email security at Apple iCloud, labor unions in Norway, the Norwegian National Security Authority (NSM), the Norwegian Data Protection Authority (Datatilsynet), and the dec

PasswordsConDec 31
Per ThorsheimDec 31

And here we are again.

I predict that people who predict the death of passwords in 2026 will be wrong in their predictions.

My annual X/Twitter thread on this started in 2015: https://x.com/thorsheim/status/1741460079130317311

Per Thorsheim (@thorsheim) on X

Time to repeat myself: I predict that people who predict the death of passwords in 2024 will be wrong in their predictions. Here’s my annual thread on this back to 2015.

X (formerly Twitter)
PasswordsConDec 9
Per ThorsheimDec 9

Maximilian Golla @m33x presenting "Measuring the Risk Password Reuse Poses for a University" at #PasswordsCon in Prague, December 2, 2025.

https://youtu.be/6dEQRwueX98

Maximilian Golla - Measuring the Risk Password Reuse Poses for a University

YouTube
PasswordsConDec 9
Per ThorsheimDec 9

Michal Špaček @spazef0rze presenting his talk "Password Reuse Is a Dumpster Fire – We Brought a Hose" at #PasswordsCon in Prague, December 2, 2025.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuCNgoDf-5c

Michal Špaček: Password Reuse Is a Dumpster Fire – We Brought a Hose

YouTube
PasswordsConDec 9
Per ThorsheimDec 9

Rostyslav (Ross) Yevdiukhin presenting "OT Security meets reality" at #PasswordsCon in Prague, December 2, 2025.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6B81wrlVdo

Rostyslav (Ross) Yevdiukhin - OT Security meets reality

YouTube
PasswordsConDec 9
Per ThorsheimDec 9

Luci André Knudsen @luci presenting "How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love ReBAC" at #PasswordsCon in Prague, December 2, 2025.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfXt2J2gYz8

Luci

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PasswordsConDec 8
Per ThorsheimDec 8

YouTube playlist with videos from #PasswordsCon in Prague, December 1-3 2025 has been created, with the first video of Niels Loozekoot available. More videos to come.

A big thank you to CZ.NIC for sponsoring & hosting the event!

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdIqs92nsIzS3ZoD8gH1Xj1kOWMqbAvwe&si=PBwSpHO-Qc64pIfz

PasswordsCon Prague 2025

These are the videos from PasswordsCon in Prague, December 1-2, 2025. The conference was kindly sponsored and venue organized by CZ.NIC.

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PasswordsConDec 4

#PasswordsCon Prague 2025 has come to an end. After 3 amazing days most of us have headed home to our respective countries around the world. Great location, lots and lots of food, and amazing organisation & sponsorship by CZ.NIC

Looking forward to see everyone in Cork, Ireland, in December 2026!

https://nic.cz/

CZ.NIC

Správce domén CZ.

PasswordsConNov 29
Per ThorsheimNov 29

Hello Prague, nice to be here again!

So incredibly ready for doing #PasswordsCon number 26 since 2010!

This time with CZ.NIC (https://nic.cz) as sponsor, 3 full days and a stellar lineup of speakers & talks!

https://www.passwordscon.org/prague-2025-speakers/

CZ.NIC

Správce domén CZ.