Category Archives: Online and Computing

Keeping your many passwords safe and secure

Passwords are always on our mind, and we’ve discussed before how important it is to manage and secure them, and keep them up-to-date.

Keeping your valuable information safe – banking information, correspondence with family, friends and associates, accounts for purchasing any number of products and services – is something we think about and encounter just about every day, isn’t it? Not only maintaining robust passwords but also regularly changing them is a good practice. Many online systems and portals now also require two-factor authentication, demanding a second verification method in addition to passwords, usually where a verification code is sent to a separate address or device. So … it all gets rather intimidating and bewildering at times, doesn’t it?

1Password
Nevcon Accounting continues to turn to 1Password for all its password management needs. It’s a solid application, and we especially like how it’s organized, and how it gives us regular alerts to keep things up-to-date. But don’t just take our word for it. Here is a good review from PC Mag.

You can learn more about 1Password here: https://1password.com/

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P.S. That 1Password was founded in Canada in 2005 is some wonderful icing on the cake, too!

Create effective passwords, manage them well … and sleep better at night!

A recent series of cyberattacks on the Government of Canada web site used a method called “credential stuffing” to compromise the personal information of thousands of Canadians. The attacks shut down Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) and GCKey online portals for several days and caused worry and confusion.

Credential stuffing takes advantage of the fact that many people use the same or similar passwords for multiple online accounts. Bearing in mind how vulnerable that could leave you, it might be time to give some good and considered thought to updating and diversifying your passwords to important accounts and services. You can google lots of good advice – here is an article that we think is useful: Top 15 Password Management Best Practices (from Beyond Trust).

On top of creating unique and strong passwords, it’s useful to organize and manage them all. Here are some tools and services we recommend investigating for your password management needs:

Password best practices and management makes for excellent peace of mind!