Never underestimate the importance of passwords

As more and more of our personal information is put online, we’re all acutely aware of the need to protect our accounts with strong passwords. It’s important that we use unique passwords for every account we have and change them frequently – ideally monthly. We all have heard the warning about strong passwords, but are you doing enough to make sure your password is secure? What are the best ways …

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Yubikey Neo – The safer, the better

Sometimes the task of safeguarding data can be an overwhelming one. How can you keep your databases safe without having to sacrifice convenience? Protecting databases containing personal or otherwise sensitive data is increasingly important. More and more service providers are using multi-factor authentication for their user accounts to protect against attacks against them. The idea is that you need a valid code for the login you are using in addition …

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Two-factor identification for security

As the number of breaches in the cloud increases, two-factor identification is becoming a popular method to protect data. With this type of authentication, a user must provide something they know (a password) and something they have (a one-time code typically sent via text message or automated phone call.) What kind of solutions is 2FA? Such a system would give people using cloud services, such as Google Drive or Dropbox, …

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