Challenges with Passwords: Hikvision Cybersecurity Tips to Improve Protection

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According to a Security Magazine article about passwords, organizations are continuing the search to find better ways to stay secure online. Simple passwords aren’t cutting it anymore. Passwords have become easier for hackers to compromise, and the challenges of unique passwords are becoming harder to meet. Challenges like password strength, uniqueness, and ease of use are often limited by capacity and human error. Currently, using passwords effectively and combining them with other methods of authentications is the best approach.

In this blog, Chuck Davis, Hikvision’s VP of Global Information Security, provides four strategic tips with helpful links to help you get the most protection:

One of the first tips to boost protection online is to enable multi-factor authentication (MFA) everywhere you can. This will protect your account even if an attacker gets your password. MFA adds two or more pieces of verifiable evidence or factors to the authentication process to greatly reduce security concerns by lowering the chances of an account being accessed by the wrong person.
Never reuse passwords. Reusing passwords greatly increases the chances that your account will be compromised with a credential stuffing attack.
Sign up for “Have I Been Pwned?” so you are alerted if your email address shows up in a data breach. This is a free service that often alerts you of a breach before the vendor or website contacts you.
Use a Password Manager. Since our passwords all should be long and unique, it’s unreasonable to expect anyone to remember all of the passwords that an average person must use. Using a password manager will relieve you of that burden because you can store all of your passwords in the password manager, and you won’t have to remember any of them. Password managers can also automatically enter your passwords into websites for you.

Hikvision also has a wide selection of white papers about passwords and cybersecurity. Some of these white papers include the Software Bill of Materials (SBOMs), Zero Trust, and Cybersecurity.

To learn more about password safety online and cybersecurity at Hikvision, visit the Cybersecurity Center.

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