ABC of Protecting Personal Information by J Daa

Author:J Daa [Daa, J]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2015-07-09T04:00:00+00:00

Guidelines to protect your passwords

Do not use the same password for multiple sites and services (i.e. using same password for your banking site as your email account). One of the reason could be that if unfortunately a bad cyber guy or hacker could get a chance to hack / attack the security of that website or application than consequently your password could be found by the hacker which is the key to your personal details, email accounts. So, do not re-use your password on other sites. This may allow others to steal your password from less secure websites

Don't answer "yes" when prompted to save your password to a particular computer's browser. Instead, rely on a strong password committed to memory or stored in a dependable password management program.

You should not share your password with others. Treat your password like you would your credit card. Remember, your passwords open up records to your personal information

Create a long password (9 or more characters) and include a combination of lower and upper case letters, numbers, symbols, and punctuation marks. Do not use any well-known information as part of your password. An example of a strong password could be something like this: hi7*Lpk:9s!

Change your password every 6 months or so, especially passwords to your banking sites, email accounts, and credit card websites. Multi-factor authentication uses more than one form of authentication to verify an identity. Some examples are voice ID, facial recognition, iris recognition and finger scanning.

Two-factor authentication uses a username and password and another form of identification, often times a security code. Over time, more websites will be adopting multi-factor authentication. In some cases, the services may be available, but are not required. Many email services offer two-step verification on an opt-in basis. Ask your financial institution and other online services if they offer multi-factor authentication or additional ways to verify your identity.

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