eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 5, 2024

Use the Longest Supportable Encryption Keys Adopt password managers or centralized encryption management to offset the limited capacity of humans to memorize passwords and increase computing power to offset operational limitations. The longer the key, the stronger the security.

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SiteLock

AUGUST 27, 2021

The reason many employees use the same passwords across all work accounts is simple – they can keep track of them all. In fact, 86% of Americans say they keep track of their passwords in their heads , rather than using a password manager. That means they’re using easy to remember passwords that are easy to guess or crack.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Encryption can also be found incorporated into a variety of network security and cloud security solutions, such as cloud access security brokers (CASB), next-generation firewalls (NGFW), password managers , virtual private networks (VPN), and web application firewalls (WAF).

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

A Harris poll reported that 59 percent of American users have birthdays or names in their passwords (information easily mined from social media accounts), two-thirds use the same password across multiple accounts, and 43 percent have shared a password with someone else. Scaling a network can be as simple as buying new licenses.

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