Password Management—Passwords are an ever-growing necessity in both your personal and professional life. Unique passwords are user specific and are the “key” to accessing information from your Email account to your bank account. Nobody enjoys changing and remembering passwords, but we all need to stop and think of the purpose. Passwords are often given the least thought but can carry the biggest security implications without knowledge to the user. Do not make the bad guys life any easier. Avoid using the same password for multiple sites, think in terms of a hacker for a minute… If this password works on their Gmail account, what are the chances it works on this bank account?? Change passwords frequently, utilize industry best practices (at least 8 characters in length, utilize Upper case and lower-case letters, numbers, special characters). Passwords also do not always need to be a single word, multiple words or phrases are sometimes easier to remember. Passwords are created specifically by you; help keep them that way by utilizing good password management practices. Remember it is much easier for intruders to enter if you leave the front door wide open.
