Everything needs a password these days. PIN for your credit card, Internet banking, e-mail, Internet connection, the lock on your locker gym, your cell phone, safe, parental guidance on DSTV, the video store, the password for the computer at work and the list goes on and on …
Are you keeping a list in an Excel spreadsheet or to write on Post-it, or in your newspaper? Or in a text file somewhere? What happens if you lose the piece of paper or your laptop is stolen? Or someone using your computer and falls to the file? The key is to find a way to remember these passwords in a more safe. Option 1 is to improve your photographic memory, but most of us would need assistance more practical …
Fortunately, we will explore the various digital options this week. There are different tools for different passes available devices, if their mobile phone, your computer or tablet. These applications essentially do is allow you to remember one password to authenticate you and allow you to unlock the program to access passwords stored in others. So simple – remember the password and preferred to all others are available for use!
However, these applications can do more than just keep your password safe. They can automatically fill in the fields of your password or Web forms, they can help you share passwords with friends and family, secure storage of notes, and they can even help you generate words more secure password first. Some of the most popular Password Keeper, KeePass, RoboForm, gorillas and password Password Safe. Many of these applications are free to use and waiting for you to jump in and start using them (a simple Google with one of the names above may help you go).
However, some are web based and require a monthly subscription. I personally do not feel really comfortable to keep my passwords in “the cloud”. Is not the whole point to manage your passwords effectively in order to keep them in a safe place away from others. I love the apps password that will allow you to keep your manager password on your phone or laptop and explain that the files are encrypted (which means they are loose and not usually read unless if you use the specific application).
I also like how I save these files if I my phone is stolen, I can always get back up easily. Take time – find the application password that you follow and move to a more systematic approach to the effective management of passwords. BTFD (ByteBoy Thought for the day) with mobile devices becoming more sophisticated and containing so much personal information whether your passwords, tweets, sms, photots’ and e-mails, try to make sure you have a mechanism up to what is referred to as a “remote wipe” your device.
This means that even if your unit is not in your possession, you are able to erase from his memory or wipe info . It comes standard with Blackberry Blackberry Protect (or your BlackBerry Enterprise Server) and if you have an iPhone, MobileMe or icloud, so just be sure to use it!
