Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2020 is about taking proactive steps to enhance cybersecurity at home and in the workplace. One of the best ways you can do this is by practicing good password hygiene – creating unique passwords that are changed frequently for each of the different services you use. However, because it can be a daunting task to keep track of all your credentials, people often make their passwords short, easy to remember and reuse them.
Google, in partnership with Harris Poll, surveyed 3,000 people from 16-50+ and found that 65% reuse the same password for multiple, if not all, accounts – including business and personal. Another survey found that 53% haven’t changed their password in the last 12 months, even after hearing about a breach in the news, and that fear of forgetfulness and maintaining control of passwords at all times are the two main drivers of reuse. ...read more!
