Passwords are the basic protection for our various online accounts. It amazes me how basic some people’s passwords are. Passwords like, well ‘password’ or ‘123456’ are still commonly in use! In case that sounds unbelievable, here’s a list of the top 200 for 2022
While we can look forward to the emergence of new password-less security coming, the reality is that for now, passwords are a fact of life.
Kinetics recommends you have a unique, complex password, for every site you access and log in.
The idea is simple: if a hacker somehow does get hold of a list of user names and passwords from one of the many sites you use, make sure they can’t use your data to get into anything else that’s important to you
We know that makes it incredibly hard to remember all these passwords, and that’s why you should use a password manager.
Not all password managers are equal.
Some, like the ones built into your browser, are famously unreliable and vulnerable, and some high-profile ones like LastPass are constantly fending off bad-actors. As part of KARE, we offer the Kinetics Password Vault – the key here is that password managers are a vital tool to allow you to maintain discrete and complex passwords
What more can you do?
We’ve found a great article that lists a few ideas. Here are the three that grabbed our attention:
- Use it on everything. Everything! Personally I access as much from my phone as I do from my laptop, and every app on the phone has its own security too. So I use my password manager on my phone and it’s a quick short cut on the phone menu to make access easy for me. Even better, when I last upgraded my phone, it was easy to get access to all my apps again!
- Use it with MFA. We say you should have two-factor authentication (MFA or 2FA) on everything. The most important place is on the tool that contains your secure passwords!
- Setup emergency access. A good friend of mine just found himself the executor for a relative’s estate. As part of that role, he needed access to the relatives various online records. The good news is that the relative used a password manager and had secured their online presence. The bad news is that they were so secure, my friend was also locked out. The simple matter of adding emergency access or including details in their estate plan and will would have been a big help.
Refer : https://www.zdnet.com/article/youre-definitely-not-making-the-most-of-your-password-manager