{"id":7153,"date":"2016-12-12T11:17:22","date_gmt":"2016-12-12T00:17:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/blog\/?p=7153"},"modified":"2016-12-12T11:17:22","modified_gmt":"2016-12-12T00:17:22","slug":"what-password-rules-are-you-guilty-of-breaking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/blog\/what-password-rules-are-you-guilty-of-breaking","title":{"rendered":"What Password Rules Are You Guilty of Breaking?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Password<\/a><\/p>\n

“Do as I say, not as I do.”<\/strong> Are you an offender of doing this? Even as we tell our users to practice proper digital security, we’re not always putting our own lessons to practice.<\/p>\n

Here’s a list of common password transgressions that many of us are guilty of breaking from time to time, even as we wrap our users over the knuckles for them<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

1. Sharing Passwords.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sometimes, you’re in a rush to get things done and the user in question is a trusted colleague. Until they\u00a0get busted doing something with a password only you should have. Whoops.<\/p>\n

2. Reusing Passwords.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Password<\/a><\/p>\n

Using the same password for all your users with a slight variation, or the same things for your personal and work accounts?<\/p>\n

3. Storing Passwords in Unsafe Locations<\/strong><\/p>\n

… Like in your unlocked desk drawer, for instance. And then someone goes to borrow your notepad. Admin access!<\/p>\n

4. Setting your password to never expire.<\/strong><\/p>\n

If it ain’t broke, why fix it, right? (Answer: Wrong!)<\/p>\n

5. Way too simple passwords.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Like someone’s birthday. Or 12345. Or Monk3y. Nobody will ever guess it.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
Top offenders:<\/strong> Any of these look familiar?<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

6. Blank Passwords.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Please. Just no.<\/p>\n

7. Storing all passwords in “the Cloud”.<\/strong><\/p>\n

News flash: The cloud is just someone else’s computer, accessible by the internet. Not the most secure place.<\/p>\n

8. Literally using ‘Password’ as your password.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"password<\/a><\/p>\n

If anyone does this, they deserve to be sprayed with a water bottle. Bad user. NO.<\/p>\n

9. Keeping passwords on post-it notes.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It’s secure so long as there’s nobody around with eyes.<\/p>\n

10. E-mailing passwords to yourself.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Because an inbox can never be compromised by people looking for higher levels of access.<\/p>\n

Don’t rely solely on digital security to protect you from slip-ups: make sure your data is properly backed up! BackupAssist offers reliable backup & disaster recovery for SMBs.\u00a0Read more<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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