It’s such a simple thing. Why don’t more people do it?

Using strong passwords and managing them carefully are two of the most important things you — and the people who work with you — can do to protect the company you’ve worked so hard to make successful. It helps prevent your private business and customer records from being stolen by hackers. It also keeps cyber crooks from bringing down your operation. Weak passwords are an invitation for criminals to come right in and do whatever they want to your online operation.

Sure, it can be difficult to create and recall strong passwords, but that’s not an excuse to avoid using them.

Share this checklist with the people on your team. It includes information on how to develop strong passwords that are memorable along with tips on how to handle them so they aren’t compromised. It will help you rest better at night knowing you’re taking steps to protect your operation against hackers.

1. Understand what a strong password is.

Let’s start by explaining the characteristics of a strong password.

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Learn how to prevent common errors that invite hackers in.

People make mistakes. However, some cost more than others.

According to the 2019 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report, more than one out of five business data breaches are caused by employee errors. These errors can lead to significant consequences, including:

• Reduced revenue because organizations have to spend money to remediate and repair the damage caused by data breaches.
• Lower productivity because employees have to spend time cleaning things up.
• Damaged reputations because customers lose confidence in businesses that expose their personal data to hackers.

The most common types of mistakes made by employees that result in data breaches include:

• Using weak or obvious passwords.
• Emailing sensitive information and documents to the wrong people.
• Publishing confidential information — or accidentally making it available — on public websites.
• Setting up systems or installing software in ways that allow hackers to break in.
• Losing devices like smartphones, tablets or computers — or having them stolen.

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Hackers are out there waiting for you — or the people who work for your business — to make simple mistakes that could allow them to shut down your sales, wreak havoc with your operations, steal your assets and do harm to your customers. It typically isn’t something big that causes this to happen. Little missteps could end up costing you thousands of dollars or more, hours in staff time to clean things up, loss of valued customers and harm to the reputation of your business it may never recover from. Those mistakes become more likely when people are tired or stressed out, as many are because of the pandemic.

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