We're talking about risk identification, assessment, and management this week. I've linked to an article below that shares some great insight into some very common security problems that most people have. I'm going to focus on the last item on the list -- passwords.
This is a very common problem in people's security world, inadequate passwords. It's something that even I suffer from. It's been on my to-do list for far to long, to take an inventory of my accounts and to manage my passwords. Repetition is probably one of the most common guilty offenses aside from choosing passwords that are just weak to begin with.
Here are a few of the things I have detailed in my to-do list:
- Make sure all accounts have a unique password.
- Make sure my credit card information is not saved for any accounts.
- Make sure my security question is a secret word and not the actual answer to the question.
- Enable two-factor account verification whenever possible
These are just a few of the things we can all do to make our online security a little more secure. It's tough, especially if you'd been steadily collecting different accounts for different things over the past two decades. At some point you've got to sit down and take control of the situation.
Article: http://lifehacker.com/5980126/5-security-holes-almost-everyones-vulnerable-to
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