Let's make the Password Stronger on World Password Day 2022

In May month first Thursday is marked as World Password Day to increase awareness about the role of passwords in securing all of our digital lives. We’re not talking about anniversaries; we’re talking about your passwords! Our lives now revolve around the internet, so it means having different accounts on different social media platforms, applications, and websites. It is only critical to have strong passwords to ensure security.

Intel created World Password Day in 2013. Since then, it’s taken on a life, with thousands of people sharing tips for solid passwords around the globe. Passwords are weird, complicated, and everywhere, and we forget them far more than is beneficial for us. Most operating systems present an easy way to create and store passwords. While today, it’s clear that a strong password isn’t sufficient to keep snooping eyes on your accounts. Protecting personal and professional accounts with a layer of multi-factor authentication is critical for primary digital hygiene.

We use passwords to secure the numerous private parts of our lives and assist in guarding our finances, health records, or maybe just our emails. World Password Day reminds us of the significance of these little crypto-keys and their role in ensuring we keep hold of our lives, identity thieves are everywhere, and these are your first digital line of defense.

Few Industry Leaders have shared some password-themed tips and insights; with that, we can build the Internet as a safer place for everyone’s data.

“We are in a hybrid world today where many people are sharing devices and blending home and work life more than ever before. Passwords are not secure anymore and users end up exhausting the same password across multiple platforms. While educating users about password security is of utmost criticality, it also becomes imperative to have visibility that highlights if any password has been compromised such as credential theft in an organization and the vulnerabilities it brings along. To ensure that strong passwords are a part of your cyber hygiene, users should impersonalize their passwords by removing personal information, avoiding the same passwords across platforms as this creates avenues for hackers to guess and potentially attack them, and finally, using a password manager to manage multiple passwords across platforms. As we continue to accelerate the use of technology, the value of data and the risks associated with data exposure only increases. At Trend Micro, we strongly believe that security is not an afterthought. With our premier solutions like Vision One, we aim to give risk dashboards to enterprises so that timely action can be taken to mitigate the risks introduced.”