Beef up your passwords

How to lock down your online and offline accounts.

Do you rely on a limited number of passwords to secure accounts both online and off? You’re not alone. The sad truth is, though, that this represents an opportunity for hackers and identity thieves who, once they crack one of your passwords, can often crack them all. The way to solve this problem is to create unique, complex passwords for each account that you use, using a mix of upper and lowercase characters, numbers and even symbols. The trick then is remembering them all. The solution lies in employing the services of a password manager. A good password management tool will generate strong random passwords, make them easy to access and protect them all behind a single, strong master password you can remember. You log into the password manager with…

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APC (Digital) - 1 Issue, March 2019

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