Do you practice Safe Password Management?

A course in “Safe Password Management” should be taught in all schools! Here are some tips that should be course material.

Yahoo! Security Center wins hands-down for the best metaphor about the importance of a secure password:

“A password is like a toothbrush:
Choose a good one and don’t share it.”

Everyone who is online needs to understand the dangers and risks of being lazy, sloppy, and reckless for using passwords that are not secure.

TIP: Just say “NO” to the following:

• NO pet names
• NO favorite birds
• NO high school sweethearts
• NO birthday or anniversary
• NO “your name” plus one number
• NO “your company name + two numbers
• NOTHING under seven or eight characters in length
• NO to the name of ANYTHING that can be found in the dictionary

Check out the Yahoo! Security Center once again for tips about what TO DO when choosing a strong, secure password.

TIP: Don’t make it guessable by a person or detectable by programs that use a dictionary attack. These programs simply try every word in the dictionary as a possible password.

Do you remember all your passwords?

You now understand what NOT to do and HOW to choose a strong password.

TIP: Do NOT use the same password for all your accounts!

You cannot use the same “toothbrush” for everything!

You need to be creative, safe and secure…over and over.

How are you going remember ALL passwords to ALL of your accounts?

Don’t let this stop you from getting involved in Social Media!

You access multiple accounts on a daily basis and often log in and out and back in again…

I’m going to show you how to practice Safe Password Management to access all your social networks, email, online calendar, and more.

Password Management Tool

Every day I sit down to my computer, I rely on a password management tool that manages logins to multiple accounts. I use it as a bookmark manager. Logging into email, my project management accounts, blog admin, Twitter, LinkedIn, FaceBook, Google Analytics or PayPal is a breeze.

• Managing multiple Social Media profiles is easy.
• I only have ONE (1) password to remember!
• It’s totally SECURE!

What is it?

RoboForm – Password Manager

RoboForm is my password manager – a toolbar in Firefox & Internet Explorer.

RoboForm securely handles my login to almost ALL my sites.

HOW I USE ROBOFORM: It…

1. Takes me directly to the login page;
2. Fills in my user name;
3. Securely enters my password;
4. Submits the info for me to enter the site.

I no longer keep a list of passwords in a password-protected Excel file.

SAFE & SECURE:

Passwords are encrypted in RoboForm, so keyloggers cannot “peak and swipe” your passwords.

Auto Login

I use it as a bookmark manager. It’s like having a login wizard! I don’t even remember how to navigate to some of my sites anymore. RoboForm does it for me!

The following screenshot from RoboForm’s site shows an example a Logins list. A pulldown displays saved destinations.

TIP: Click. You’re logged in!

TIP: Organize logins into folders – not shown above.

Safe Notes

RoboForm has a secure notepad feature in which you can type anything. It’s a great place to keep notes about an account, customer numbers, security questions or any type of information you don’t want someone to find.

TIP: Create a RoboForm Safe Note when setting up websites for hosting or a new blog. Copy the IP address and all associated information for each website and blog into a Safe Note.

Below is another screenshot example from RoboForm’s site.

TIP: Transfer passwords via Safe Notes. RoboForm has a built-in email function that will send only a Safe Note file.

Auto Fill

TIP: Automatically fill contact forms and shopping cart checkout pages (not shown). RoboForm also has a form filler feature by which it will automatically enter your information. You don’t even have to remember your address!

Browsers & Platforms?

RoboForm works on PCs in Firefox & Internet Explorer. To date, it doesn’t work in Google Chrome or on a Mac.

There are more very cool features for you to check out if you are a PC user.

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It’s rare to find a tool I cannot live without. We’re intimate. It knows all my secret passwords, and I trust it not to let anyone find out. We’re practicing Safe Password Management.

TIP: Only remember one password ever again – the master password to access RoboForm!

Download RoboForm. Try it for Free

Go ahead, download RoboForm, and never forget your passwords again. Try it for FREE!

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Purchase a license for multiple computers and transfer your RoboForm password files between computers.

Feel free to share how you manage your passwords.