# How-to Talk About the End of Passwords in Infrastructure

DevFeed: [How-to Talk About the End of Passwords in Infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-to-talk-about-the-end-of-passwords-in-infrastructure-29787.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://goteleport.com/blog/passwordless-infrastructure/>)

Author: info@goteleport.com (William Loy)

Published: 2021-11-22T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Teleport](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/teleport.md>)

Topics: [passwords](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/passwords.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [Virtual Private Network](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vpn.md>), [remote access](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/remote-access.md>), [sensitive data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/sensitive-data.md>)

Tags: [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [passwords](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/passwords.md>), [remote-access](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/remote-access.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [vpn](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vpn.md>)

## AI overview

This article offers a relatable way to explain password security to non-technical friends and family. It uses the Colonial Pipeline attack to illustrate how an inactive employee account, a VPN, and a single password contributed to a serious infrastructure compromise, while arguing that passwords are a poor way to protect sensitive data.

## Source excerpt

Here's how to explain password security to your non-technical friends & family over the holidays.