It appears the recent celebrity hacking scandal that has seen private photos leaked from Apple’s iCloud were due to weak user passwords rather than system hacking. Many of us enter our passwords several times a day into multiple devices and apps, from work logins, to online banking, and shopping sites. This drives us to want to use one, easy to remember and often personal, password for everything with a simple change of numbers at the end if a password reset is required. I bet you could probably guess the passwords of your nearest and dearest, and determined hackers can do the same to you, especially using advanced software that will try different password combinations multiple times a second until they find the right one.
It is easy to make your personal data more secure by taking some simple steps that strengthen your password protection Why not consider usingLastPass? You can find out more about it in the short video below.
Now what about your business? Passwords aside, how secure is your business network?
As an ISO27001 accredited organisation, Keytech offer a wide range of IT security services for all sizes of organisations. We are able to provide protection across the network, safeguarding the perimeter, critical internal systems as well as remote users.
If you have not had a business security audit recently or even at all it may be time to contact Keytech. We’d love to hear from you so please contact me on 01942 311 150 or [email protected]
I have been working within the IT Industry for 15+ Years selling a wide range of products and services. I have supplied solutions to large corporate accounts, NHS, Public sector, Education and social…
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