Monitor for breached passwords #EightCyberSecurityTips

 Monitor for breached passwords (either via your password manager or use the “Have I Been Pwned” website) #EightCyberSecurityTips

The question isn't whether your passwords will be compromised, it's when.

With online data breaches happening regularly; from social media to online tools, to email providers, millions if not billions of user credentials have been exposed and are circulating on the dark web.

And when a breach occurs on one service, cyber criminals often attempt to use those same credentials on other platforms, in the hope you have reused the same password.

You need to know if your username / password combination has been breached, so that you can change your password on every online account that uses the breached one.

Password breach monitoring is usually included with most password managers. Bitwarden and 1Password definitely include this feature.

But what if you don’t use a password manager? Well, you can use Troy Hunt’s “Have I been Pwned” website to check for any data breaches connected directly to you.

Whichever way you manage it, password breach monitoring is an essential tool for individuals and small businesses.

Chris #TheAntiVirusGuy and #TheDataBackupGuy and #ThePasswordGuy — A bit about me: 💻 Helping Entrepreneurs, the Self Employed, Sole Traders and Small Business Owners manage their online passwords and keep their computers virus free. 💻 Really good anti virus (SentinelOne £16 or ESET £4 £8 £10 per month) 💻 Buzz Ambassador