These days we’re overloaded with online accounts that require credentials and memorizing them is impossible. While it may be tempting to reuse the same passwords across different accounts, this is not a safe solution.
Compromised passwords are a leading cause of data breaches and reusing passwords can increase the damage in what would otherwise have been a relatively small incident. Cybercriminals know that people reuse login credentials and often test compromised passwords on commonly used sites in order to expand the number of accounts they can access. For instance, if you use the same password for your work email as you do for online shopping websites, a breach at one of those retailers can put your work email at risk. Reusing credentials is like giving away copies of a key that opens all your locks – you are putting your private data in the hands of the company with the weakest cyber security.Before reusing a password consider all of the data that could be at risk, both personally and professionally.
Here are some tips to help keep your information safe: