Managing an Ever-increasing Number of Online Accounts
Organizing and Securing Online Accounts using Password Managers
Technology Section
By Fred Oelsner
American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association (ASLRRA)
Vice Chair - ARDA Technology Committee
As more and more railroad work moves off internal networks and onto online platforms, finding ways for users to conveniently and securely access critical systems is a must. This transition is taking place at the same time as physical infrastructure networks, including the railroad industry, are increasingly seen as prized targets for attackers, including those backed by state-sponsored actors in unfriendly countries. Most online platforms, railroad specific or otherwise, encourage their users to utilize strong and unique passwords on their platform to help prevent unauthorized access to their system. But trying to memorize a unique 12-character password with random capitalization, numbers and symbols for as many platforms as most in the railroad industry need to access is a struggle for even the most expert computer user.
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Registration Is Now Open For The 2020-21 Virtual Executive Forum!
 For 2020-21, ARDA will be focusing our effort and events around the theme of "Building Your Network." The Executive Forum will be held virtually on February 2, 2021.
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The American Railway Development Association (ARDA) is a not-for-profit educational trade association founded in 1906 to promote Economic Development, Real Estate Development, Technology, and Environmental Activities of the North American Railroads.
The objectives of the Association are to foster the industrial, real estate, natural resources, market development activities and environmental concerns of the North American railroads; and through the advancement of ideas and education of its members, further promote the effectiveness of railway development and related work.
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New Members since September
Craig Niedermeier
Account Director
ERM
Matt Range
Real Estate Contract Services Specialist
The Kansas City Southern Railway Company
J. Paul Maurin IV
Real Estate Field Services Manager
The Kansas City Southern Railway Company
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