Never have to remember a password again
Remembering lots of different passwords can be a nightmare. That’s why it feels easier to use a memorable password like fluffy123 to access all of the different accounts you regularly use. But doing this is the quickest way to get yourself hacked and put your business at risk.
Having a strong, randomly generated unique password for each account is really important and one way to make yourself more secure. Instead of having to remember all of these difficult passwords yourself. You can now use a password manager to take away all of the stress. Password managers make your life easier by storing passwords in an encrypted form. They can also help you to generate secure passwords. And allow you to easily access your passwords across all your different devices.
How to Keep a Strong Password Secure
Once you have a strong, unique password for each account you’re on the right track, but not to total security just yet.
- Don’t reuse your passwords. If you’re using the same password across email, shopping, and other websites holding sensitive personal data (or even a local community website) and one of those experiences a breach, you’ve now exposed the other services to the risk of being breached as well.
- Don’t write your passwords down. In can be tempting, especially in the workplace, to keep track of passwords f the old-fashioned way, but these are easily discovered.
- Use a password manager. There are many apps that store your passwords securely. Webroot SecureAnywhere® Internet Security Plus and Webroot SecureAnywhere® Complete offer a password manager as an additional online security tool.
- Don’t share your passwords. This one is a no-brainer, and if you must share, change it as soon as possible.
Tips for Creating a Unique Password (That’s Also Strong)
If you don’t want to use a password manager how can you unique, generate strong passwords? Short answer: The secret to creating a hard-to-crack password that’s unique and easy to remember is to focus on making it memorable and making it hard to guess. Seems simple enough, right? By learning a few simple skills, you can easily create a strong and memorable password with minimal effort. Plus, creating them can actually be fun – and your payoff in increased safety is massive.
To avoid these easy to guess or hack passwords try the following trick:
Use a phrase and incorporate shortcut codes or acronyms
These examples let you use phrases that either means something to you, or you associate with a type of website. For example, the ’all for one and one for all’ may be suitable for a social networking site where it’s all about sharing. It could be a phrase about money for a banking site, and so on.
- 2BorNot2B_ThatIsThe? (To be or not to be, that is the question – from Shakespeare)
- L8r_L8rNot2day (Later, later, not today – from the kid’s rhyme)
- 4Score&7yrsAgo (Four score and seven years ago – from the Gettysburg Address)
- John3:16=4G (Scriptural reference)
- 14A&A41dumaS (one for all and all for 1 – from The Three Musketeers, by Dumas)
If you have any questions about your business’s cyber security, or any other technology-related questions, and would like some advice, give us a call on 0345 319 4877 (local call rate). We’ll be happy to help you.
