Padlock

Security requires a strong lock that is used properly.

Almost everyone has heard that they need secure passwords that are changed often or their accounts could be compromised. The problem is that secure passwords can be difficult to remember, especially when you have different ones for every account. I always believed that many people used insecure passwords, but a recent report from Imperva that analyzed 32 million passwords that were released due to a major security breach, really pounded that idea home.

According to the report, only 0.2% of the passwords were secure. That’s a fifth of one percent! So, what is a secure password? (more…)