License plates may be coming to cyberspace.

A U.S. government and technology industry panel on cybersecurity has recommended that the government end its reliance on passwords and enforce what the industry describes as “strong authentication.”

Such an approach would probably mean that all government computer users would have to hold a device to gain access to a network computer or online service. The commission is plus encouraging that all nongovernmental commercial services use such a device.

“We need to

move away from passwords,” said Tom Kellermann, vice president for protection awareness at Core protection Technologies and a member of the commission that created the report.

The report, which offers guidance to the coming administration of President-elect Barack Obama, is a strong indictment of government and private industry efforts to secure cyberspace to term. “The laissez-faire approach to cybersecurity has floped,” Kellermann said.

Restricting Web access is one of a series of recommendations that […]

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