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Strategies to Control Your Passwords

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Dean Lause
Thursday, 11 January 2024
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Strategies to Control Your Passwords

Passwords are the keys to digital access, but they're often not treated as keys; meaning they aren’t always protected by their users. Unfortunately, people don’t always do everything they can to protect their passwords and there are a lot more scammers out there than pickpockets.

Effective password management is crucial for any business. It works to maintain the security of online accounts and sensitive information. Here are five ways to control and enhance your password management.

Use Strong and Unique Passwords

Create strong passwords that include a mix of uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers, and special characters. You’ll want to avoid using easily guessable information such as birthdays, names, or common words while also making sure that each of your passwords is unique for different accounts to prevent a security breach in one account from affecting others.

Implement a Password Manager

The password manager is a great tool to let users generate, store, and organize complex passwords for each of their accounts. The best thing about them is that they promote the use of complex and unique passwords for each site, reducing the temptation to reuse passwords across multiple platforms, and improving data security. Additionally, many password managers also offer features like secure password sharing and auditing tools to ensure passwords meet certain security criteria.

Enable Multi-Factor Authentication

IT administrators and users will want to enable multi-factor authentication (MFA) whenever possible. This option adds an extra layer of security by requiring a second form of verification, such as a code sent to your mobile device or generated by an app. MFA ensures that even if a password is thought to be compromised, the unauthorized party wouldn’t be able to access the digital resources beyond the MFA-protected account

Regularly Update and Change Passwords

Passwords are the major tool used to protect organizational and personal data. In order to do that, you have to make sure they don’t get stale. Set a schedule to update your passwords regularly, especially for critical accounts. If you find out a service you use has been compromised, you need to make sure to change the password immediately. 

Educate Yourself and Stay Informed

It’s a good practice to stay informed about the latest cybersecurity threats such as advancements to phishing attacks or other scams that are going around. Everyone should be cautious of malicious websites and questionable correspondence that may try to trick you into revealing your login credentials or getting you to interact with files that deploy malicious code. 

Remember, the goal is to create a robust defense against unauthorized access. By working toward more secure strategies, your organization can be much more secure. If you would like to learn more about how Argentum IT can augment your organization’s data security efforts, contact us today at (502) 473-6407.

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Dean Lause

Dean Lause

Dean Lause is a technologist to the highest degree. When he was in middle school, he learned and developed small programs using BASIC programming code on his Commodore 64. He was one of the first to post to bulletin boards on the newly emerging “Internet” and built a mini-network in his home. He competed in his senior year of high school, placing 1st regionally, 2nd in State and 17th Nationally in computer specialist competitions. Today, he enjoys technology as much as he did then. In fact, he has a “Smart Home,” with connected devices controlled by A.I., mobile apps, and voice commands. When he is ready to go to sleep, all he needs to say is “Good night,” and Voila! all of the lights in the entire house turn off, the doors lock, the TV/DVR turn off, the house alarm is set and the alarm clock for the morning is ready to go! After a 4-year stint in the Army as a computer specialist, Dean spent the next 20 years in Fortune 500 Enterprise IT environments. He quickly building his IT skill set, becoming an expert in VMWare and Citrix and various other technologies. Dean served as the Director of Network Infrastructure & Security of North American Operations in his last role before joining Argentum IT and completing his MBA with a specialty in Accounting in 2011. Dean understands not only the technical side of how devices work together and integrate within an environment, but also understands and designs the environment from a business point of view for productivity. He strives to provide cost-savings, efficiency and practicality to solve the real issues that are present for each individual client he works with. Leveraging his 20+ years’ of enterprise-level experience, for the past ten years, Dean has consulted with numerous Fortune 500 companies across the country on issues relating to network infrastructure and security, Citrix XenDesktop, VMWare implementation and capacity planning, Office 365/Exchange Email Migrations as well as Mobile Device Management and Disaster Recovery Planning. He has also been engaged to develop and improve technology processes as well as accomplish technology projects on time and budget. Today, Dean uses all of these skills and more to aid small to medium-sized businesses to utilize technology to run their companies more profitably and efficiently. As Chief Technical Officer of Argentum IT, LLC for the past ten years, Dean has supervised a proactive service desk who educates clients on technology best practices, designed multiple infrastructure environments for clients (both big and small), to fit their needs and built a sizeable hosted infrastructure environment – including VMWare and Citrix “products”. Dean’s breadth of experience affords him a unique view of IT and business challenges, which allows him to help customize and develop unique solutions to solving IT and Cyber Security challenges.

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