ntrofi – The Pasword Creation Tool & the best $24 I've spent

Being involved in so much online computing at Spark Consulting I was intrigued by a Waikato Chamber presentation by Tracy Filmer-Clark from ntrofi around password security and what we can do about it. So after arriving a day early (I was really intrigued) I eventually got my schedule sorted and arrived for the lunch time presentation about ntrofi the password creation tool.

Being fairly tech savvy I understand the need for secure random passwords but I will be the first to put my hand up and say I don’t do it very well and the primary reason is recall or at least the fear of not being able to recall it.

You know the sort of password I’m talking about, the one that looks like ty&6rht=71!. An excellent password but how the heck does one remember something that contains enough randomness to put itself in the realm of “Hard to Crack” and subsequently “Very Secure”.

Welcome ntrofi; Tracy has developed ntrofi out of a thesis around passwords, the overwhelming amount of passwords we are required to recall on a daily basis and how the level of insecure passwords can be improved so that the average person can easily recall a seemingly complex & randomly generated password.

Note the “Seemingly Complex” – while I am not about to give away the ntrofi secret (you’ll have to take my word and go buy a copy) I will tell you that Tracy is one smart cookie who has made the seemingly complex now logically easy and as a result will reduce the security risks that face any person who divulges personal information online.

Once I had downloaded my copy of ntrofi (refreshingly another nice adobe air app) I was taken through a step by step tutorial on how to create a secure password providing examples at each step. Did I mention how easy it was. Once I had created the password, the creation app became my password cue reminder app. No it doesn’t store the password (we’re trying to introduce better security) but rather it allows you to list the site url, the username and a cue to help you recall the password.

What I am sure Tracy won’t mind me giving away is that the “Cue” is the key, its a new concept, its dead easy and it even works for those of us whose indifference to online security could well land us in trouble one day.

Head over to http://ntrofi.com and find out more. If you’ve got some questions on how ntrofi can help your business then why not get in touch with Tracy.