What to Know Before You Pick a Password Manager.

Password managers are amazing. These smart applications make great security easy for you and your team. They generate long random passwords for all the software you use, so you’re never tempted to reuse a password. Then, they remember these passwords for you, and even autofill logins. You only have to remember one thing… your master password. What a relief. But remember to set up multi factor authentication for this as well.

Before you pick a password manager for your business, there are three things you must make sure it has. First it must be protected by end-to-end encryption. This means even if your data is intercepted, no one can read it.

 Next, make sure the manager works across all applications and browsers on all devices.

And finally, make sure you retain central control over your business’s password manager. If a member of your team leaves, you can immediately remove their access to all your systems – at the push of a button.

But this begs the question, “what if the password management system gets hacked?”

Well, that can happen, and recently did. Here’s a video about that.

Bob Coppedge

About Bob Coppedge

Simplex-IT, CEO

Bob is the CEO of Simplex-IT. He has over 40 years’ experience in IT (Information Technology and in 2007 he created Simplex-IT to be the “good guys” in the IT world, specializing in making IT work for small to medium businesses and to “Simplify the Complex”. Bob is an industry leading expert with the ability to translate tech talk into everyday language. Bob has authored three books “The MSP’s Survival Guide to Co-Managed IT services”, “A CEO’s Survival Guide to Information Technology”, and his latest “I Don’t Want Your Job: Is Co-Managed IT services the Right fit for You?”. Bob regularly speaks at various national and area events, including IT Nation, DattoCon, Private Directors Association and more.

Connect with Bob on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rlcoppedge/

Previous
Previous

What Does A Foundational IT Assessment Include?

Next
Next

How Does an Algorithm Work?