Category Archives: password reuse

Beyond Password Safety: How to Make Employee Sign-On Safe and Convenient

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When did you last change your work password? Was it when the system prompted you? When you were first hired? Or maybe the answer doesn’t matter. When it comes to password safety, old adages don’t always apply anymore. Let’s take a look at what today’s business password management really needs by focusing on the valuable […]

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Password Reuse Risk is Exacerbated by Dark Web Data

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A flood of data to the dark web in the last 12 months has kicked up the cybercrime risk of password reuse. Here’s how to protect your data.
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Why Business Password Management Remains a Struggle

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How secure is your password? Everyone has a favorite. Savvy people, of course, know better than to use something that can be easily guessed, like 12345 or ‘Password.’ But, once you latch on to a password you really like and is easy to remember, you use it again on a site you might not visit […]

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One in Every 142 Passwords is ‘123456’, New Research Shows

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“123456” is the most widely used password on breached accounts, according to a recent password re-use study c by computer engineering students at Cyprus University. Last month, student Ata Hakçıl analyzed more than 1 billion usern… Continue reading One in Every 142 Passwords is ‘123456’, New Research Shows→

The Updated Do’s and Don’ts of Password Security

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When it comes to passwords, individual habits and organizational policies vary widely—unfortunately, the pattern is one of weakness. But organizational online security can be immediately improved by the implementation of a few key principles. Str… Continue reading The Updated Do’s and Don’ts of Password Security→