{"id":1907,"date":"2017-04-26T07:27:56","date_gmt":"2017-04-26T07:27:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.reveantivirus.com\/blog\/?p=1907"},"modified":"2019-08-20T06:46:54","modified_gmt":"2019-08-20T06:46:54","slug":"world-password-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reveantivirus.com\/blog\/en\/world-password-day","title":{"rendered":"World Password Day &#8211; Let&#8217;s Follow Best Password Management Practices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1914 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.reveantivirus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/world-password-day.jpg\" alt=\"world password day\" width=\"800\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.reveantivirus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/world-password-day.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.reveantivirus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/world-password-day-300x113.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.reveantivirus.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/world-password-day-768x288.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A password denotes the key to your online identity and privacy which is why it is always recommended to ensure complete confidentiality of your passwords. Be it the social media, online banking or shopping, you need to make sure that your accounts are sealed with strong and hard-to-guess passwords. On this world password day, i.e. 4th May 2017, we would like to share a few facts and figures about passwords that are being used online and security tips to enhance your online safety. Take a look:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to Entrepreneur:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2 out of 5 individuals get their passwords stolen by hackers<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More than 20% of people use passwords that are over 10 years old<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 4 most popular passwords used are &#8211; 12345, password, 123456, qwerty<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also, birth dates, anniversary dates, and other common numbers are used as password by online users<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Majority of the people use one password for all their accounts<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With the above-mentioned stats, it is quite clear that there is a strong need to encourage best password protection practices. A few useful ones are here:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Never enter your credentials on an unencrypted website. Look for the lock icon or &#8216;https&#8217; and if it is there, only then attempt to log in to your account. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The answer to security questions that are being generally asked to recover passwords should be as secret as your passwords. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Never share your passwords with anyone even if it is your spouse or partner. In case someone needs to access your account, make sure you change the password immediately after they are done. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Never keep or store your passwords in text files, excel sheets, or other documents as hackers can easily take over such files. \u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since browsers are a popular junction for attackers to get into computer systems, it is advisable not to store or remember your passwords on browsers. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Default passwords, common phrases and words, and your personal information like date of birth, name, etc. should not be used while creating passwords. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Make sure your passwords are long and complex. Keep them at least 10-15 digit, use symbols, numerals, upper and lower case letters to make them hard-to-guess.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more, check out our blog post on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reveantivirus.com\/blog\/en\/password-protection#\">Password Protection \u2013 How Can You Make Your Passwords More Secure?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A password denotes the key to your online identity and privacy which is why it is always recommended to ensure complete confidentiality of your passwords. Be it the social media, online banking or shopping, you need to make sure that your accounts are sealed with strong and hard-to-guess passwords.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1914,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[94,203,93,317],"tags":[325,276,327,326],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reveantivirus.com\/blog\/en\/world-password-day\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Best Password Management Practices\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A password denotes the key to your online identity and privacy which is why it is always recommended to ensure complete confidentiality of your passwords. 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