It seems that people do not take the necessary importance and believe that a lost password cannot generate severe consequences. Well, those who think this way, we allow ourselves to tell them that they are very wrong and that every time they issue one or update their telephone, bank or social network passwords, write it down in a safe place and not on a simple piece of paper.
According to data collected from the 2023 Password Decisions survey and published on the ZDNet website, 3 out of 10 users make the mistake of writing down their passwords on a piece of paper, a rather dangerous practice, considering that it is a vulnerable support where it can contain important personal information or other significant features such as monetary savings.
Research data
· 60% of the companies acknowledged that they had suffered a cyberattack, and 29% of the users said that they had incidents related to the use and management of passwords.
· 45% of respondents trust simple passwords, which are easier to remember and easier to break.
· More than 40% send passwords via email, a route that is also risky since it does not have end-to-end encryption and, therefore, it can be intercepted on the way between the sender and the recipient.
key recommendations
· Password must have 10 or more characters; without ever containing the real name of the user or the company.
· The password must not contain any whole words and be different from passwords used elsewhere.
· Top tip: mix uppercase letters, lowercase letters, numbers, and symbols (such as % or &).
· The simpler it is, the less secure it will be. Truly strong passwords are at least twelve characters long: with so many possible combinations, it would take a supercomputer 3,000 years to break into your account.
· If your password is easy to remember, then chances are it’s easy to guess as well.