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of what is at high-risk of happening when
good password management strategies
are not adhered too. The ramifications
crisscross both our professional and
personal lives.
Passwords literally can be found
everywhere and we need at least one
basic tenet to help fix a thousand-year
old problem.
Therefore, the most important security
recommendation for everyone is to
ensure that every password you use is
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unique and not shared with any other
resource (including people) at any
other time.
While there is no denying that
remembering an already considerable
and ever-expanding list of passwords
(an average of 120 for the modern-
day corporate user) is improbable for
most humans, there are password
management tools, solutions and
techniques for making this a reality,
thereby going a long way towards
reducing password-related threats.
Modern operating systems, browsers
and applications can help create unique
passwords for every resource, and
securely store them for retrieval in lieu
of a human having to remember every
single one.
The passwords are basically stored
behind one unique ‘master’ password
(it may also be referred to as a ‘key’
or ‘secret’) that only the individual
knows. While this is good solution for
home and small business users (to a
limited degree), it does not scale to
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