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1 1  === {{id name="Good-Passwords-Are-Hard-To-Find"/}}Good Passwords Are Hard To Find ===
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3 -The best passwords are easy to remember, hard to break, and changed regularly.  This can be a problem; if a password is too difficult to remember – meaning it meets complexity requirements and is long enough to withstand attempts to crack it – it will likely wind up on a [[note in your desk drawer or taped to your monitor>>url:https://www.nngroup.com/articles/security-and-human-factors/||shape="rect"]].
3 +The best passwords are easy to remember, hard to break, and changed regularly.  This is no mean feat, as these things do not normally coexist; if a password is too difficult to remember – meaning it meets complexity requirements and is long enough to withstand attempts to crack it – it will likely wind up on a [[note in your desk drawer or taped to your monitor>>url:https://www.nngroup.com/articles/security-and-human-factors/||shape="rect"]].
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5 5  === {{id name="How-Do-I-Choose-A-Good-Password?"/}}How Do I Choose A Good Password? ===
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11 11  We hear about high-profile breaches; if you are affected by one of these, the parties responsible for keeping your information safe will eventually contact you and let you know what you can do about it.
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13 -But [[it has been reported>>url:https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/01/hacked-and-dumped-online-773-million-records-with-plaintext-passwords/||shape="rect"]] that [[nearly a Billion compromised email accounts>>url:https://www.forbes.com/sites/kateoflahertyuk/2019/01/17/collection-1-breach-how-to-find-out-if-your-password-has-been-stolen/#28c21b512a2e||shape="rect"]] are published online.  If you wonder whether yours is among them, head to [[';~~-~~-have i been pwned?>>url:https://haveibeenpwned.com/||shape="rect"]] and enter an email address.  If you find yours, change your password for every account that uses that email address or password.  You can also check whether [[one of your passwords has been compromised>>url:https://haveibeenpwned.com/Passwords||shape="rect"]] and sign up for notifications in the event a future breach or 'sensitive' data dump exposes your information.
13 +But it has been reported that [[nearly a Billion compromised email accounts>>url:https://www.forbes.com/sites/kateoflahertyuk/2019/01/17/collection-1-breach-how-to-find-out-if-your-password-has-been-stolen/#28c21b512a2e||shape="rect"]] are published online.  If you wonder whether yours is among them, head to [[';~~-~~-have i been pwned?>>url:https://haveibeenpwned.com/||shape="rect"]] and enter an email address.  If you find yours, change your password for every account that uses that email address or password.  You can also check whether [[one of your passwords has been compromised>>url:https://haveibeenpwned.com/Passwords||shape="rect"]] and sign up for notifications in the event a future breach or 'sensitive' data dump exposes your information.
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15 15  [[image:attach:check_your_accounts.jpg||height="250"]]
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29 29  === {{id name="Questions?"/}}Questions? ===
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31 -REMC1 is always looking at security and you've probably heard us mention 2-factor authentication and password managers.
31 +REMC1 is always looking at security and you've probably heard us mention 2-factor authentication and password managers.  High-profile breaches make the news, but it has been reported that [[there are nearly a Billion compromised accounts>>url:https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/01/hacked-and-dumped-online-773-million-records-with-plaintext-passwords/||shape="rect"]] that are published online and readily available.  REMC staff are happy to answer any questions you have on potential spoofing, viruses, malware and security.
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33 -REMC staff are happy to answer any questions you have on potential spoofing, viruses, malware and security.
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37 37  [[image:attach:digital-guardian-password-security-infographic.png||thumbnail="true" height="250"]]
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