SMB BUSINESS CYBER SECURITY GUIDE – PASSWORD PROTECTED DATA
Your laptops, computers, tablets and smartphones will contain a lot of your business-critical data, the personal information of your customers, and also details of the online accounts that you access. It is essential that this data is available to you, but not available to unauthorised users.
Passwords – when implemented correctly – are a free, easy and effective way to prevent unauthorised users accessing your devices. Increasing providers offer MFA (Multi Factor Authentication) for free. Always turn this on instead of passwords when available.
1: Make sure you switch on password protection
2: Use MFA (2-step verification) for ‘important’ accounts
3: Avoid using predictable passwords, many browsers offer suggested complex passwords, that can then be saved in a password manager against a website.
4: Help your staff cope with ‘password overload’ by using Single Sign On (SSO) i.e. system to permit access to multiple systems.
5: Change all default passwords
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