The Year Of The P@Ssw0rds!

Among the many surprises noted in the Verizon's Data Breach Investigations Report for 2017, we note that password compromises have now overtaken personal data breaches in the frequency of data compromise. Over 1 billion passwords were compromised in 2016, adding to the extensive list previously compromised and posted online. Yet many of us carry on as usual, keeping only simple usernames and passwords between the world and our sensitive data. With numerous accounts to remember on the many online applications we access each day for both work and at home, there is a high probability of reusing the same username/password combination on different websites, compounding the concentration risk if our password is compromised.