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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"]].
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5 +Good Passwords Are Hard To FindThe 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"]].
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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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7 7  Arguably, the best advice comes from someone that understands how passwords are cracked; [[both are explained here>>url:https://www.schneier.com/essays/archives/2008/11/passwords_are_not_br.html||shape="rect"]].  Once you have a password, you can check how strong it is: [[this one works through your browser>>url:https://random-ize.com/how-long-to-hack-pass/||shape="rect"]] so you don't need to upload your sensitive information anywhere.  If it's good, use it and remember to change it ([[it's not as bad as it sounds>>url:https://blog.lastpass.com/2018/08/often-change-password.html/||shape="rect"]]).
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23 23  Our brains can only hold so much.  [[In this survey>>url:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3515440/||shape="rect"]], 72% of the 263 participants had difficulty remembering their passwords.  The result, as we already know, is we reuse and write down passwords.  There are techniques for remembering passwords, but we can [[expect to need even more passwords>>url:https://techxplore.com/news/2018-12-passwords-ready.html||shape="rect"]] in the coming years.
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25 -REMC1 is always looking at security; you've probably heard us mention 2-factor authentication and password managers.  Reputable password managers are available for your phone as well as your computer.  If you already use LastPass – which we recommended – they offer [[a way to verify password strength>>url:https://support.logmeininc.com/lastpass/help/use-the-security-challenge-lp030011||shape="rect"]] and see if your data has been compromised.
27 +REMC1 is always looking at security; you've probably heard us mention 2-factor authentication and password managers.  Reputable password managers are available for your phone as well as your computer.  If you already use [[LastPass>>url:http://lastpass.com||shape="rect"]] – which we recommended – they offer [[a way to verify password strength>>url:https://support.logmeininc.com/lastpass/help/use-the-security-challenge-lp030011||shape="rect"]] and see if your data has been compromised.
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27 27  [[image:attach:password_managers.jpg||height="250"]]
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33 +=== {{id name="2-Step-Verification-(2-factor-or-multi-factor-authentication)"/}}2-Step Verification (2 factor or multi-factor authentication) ===
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35 +This feature provides an additional layer of security in case your password is compromised. REMC1 highly recommends that staff, especially administrative and administrative assistant staff, utilize this feature for their Google Account.  Learn more about this at the [[Google Account Help Section on Setting up 2-Step Verification>>url:https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/185839?hl=en&ref_topic=7189195||shape="rect"]], our [[wiki page>>url:https://confluence.remc1.net/display/PS/Configuring+2-step%282-factor%29+authentication+for+Google||shape="rect"]], or viewing our [[video tutorial>>url:https://mistreamnet.eduvision.tv/Share.aspx?q=CT1wecDsedCLqkXQGflKaw%253d%253d||shape="rect"]]. 
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29 29  === {{id name="Questions?"/}}Questions? ===
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31 31  REMC1 is always looking at security and you've probably heard us mention 2-factor authentication and password managers.
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33 -REMC staff are happy to answer any questions you have on potential spoofing, viruses, malware and security.
41 +REMC staff is happy to answer any questions you have on potential spoofing, viruses, malware, and security.
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