Password Managers

This week we take a quick look at Password Managers.

We all know we should have strong passwords, using 3 words, with different case of characters, and numbers and special case characters. Think along the lines of Big!Y3llowBalloons. But we should also use different passwords for different logins. Even though people do use the same password for different things, the average number of passwords we had in 2021 was 70-80!

This means the easiest way to manage these is by using a password manager, at a base level, and if you don't want to pay for one, then at least use the one built in to your web browser. Whilst there are some risks with this they aren't as bad as the risk of using weak repetitive passwords.

Internally we purchase a product, as we use the more advanced features to make sure we don't repeat passwords across customers, It also means I can keep a check on staff passwords, and that staff aren't using weak passwords or repeating them. And of course this product is secured with Multi Factor Authentication.

In this and the last article we looked at not only how to use complex passwords, but also how to add to this by using Multi Factor Authentication (MFA/2FA) This will at least give you a good level of security when it comes to signing in to applications and web sites.

Next week I'm going to explore how the bad actors look at gaining access, and in coming weeks what they do once connected.