Keeping Sites Secure With Password Management

Password managers are easy to use, save you the effort of having to remember multiple passwords, and are infinitely more secure than the piece of notebook paper you keep stashed in your desk. According to the DailyMail, the average person has 26 different logins and uses only 5 different passwords to keep them secure. Not only is this opening you up to risk of online fraud, but it can be easily prevented. There are a number of different password managers out there that are surprisingly effortless once setup, and will drastically decrease the risk of having your accounts or websites compromised.

What is a password manager?

A password manager is an application that helps you generate strong, encrypted passwords and organize them in a way that will be quick to access. With just one master password, you will be able to access all of your encrypted accounts with the click of a button.

It is important to generate strong unique passwords for every one of your accounts. Failure to do so can give a hacker access to each account you have including bank accounts, email addresses and websites!

Are my websites safe?

At Design By Fit, we use KeyPass. Clients can be assured that all of their account login information is encrypted and secured with the strongest passwords possible. Considering brute force attacks are the #2 reason websites get hacked according to Wordfence security, clients can rest assured they won’t be getting hacked due to brute force.

Keepass makes an ideal password manager because it is not browser based. Browsers such as Chrome and Internet Explorer store passwords in an unencrypted form, and although Firefox has a “master password” feature, it doesn’t allow you to generate random passwords for your accounts.

When it comes to personal use, password managers are the ideal solution to storing important information such as bank accounts and credit card numbers. Password managers can be completely wiped if compromised, and are much safer than storing information on a computer or sheet of paper.

If you are looking for a password manager to use on your own, other great solutions include LastPass and Dashlane.