It's National Cyber Security Awareness Month, and security firm Rapid7 has released an awareness note focused on passwords, something that can either make or break a person's overall level of security.
Passwords are often seen as a lackluster method of protection, and in many cases this is true if passwords are the only line of defense. This is why two-factor authentication is such a big deal in the security world.
However, love them or hate them, passwords are the initial line of defense in our daily lives. But that crossover leaves people stuck attempting to remember several passwords and manage them properly, something that usually means that they'll create an easily remembered and crackable password once and use it everywhere.
While security professionals can enforce policy on a password's length, expiration and use of character types, only educated users can create truly strong passwords that they will remember and avoid using elsewhere.
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