7 security practices you need to follow

Some of this may seem like a broken record, yet every single time you hear about a bank losing millions of customer data, or a company having a security breach (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_security) they consistently have failed to implement and enforce the most basic security practices. Here are 7 simple security practices that you cannot afford to not follow.

1. Secure pass phrases Throw away the notion of a password (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Password). Pass phrases consisting of multiple words and symbols are considerably more secure and easy to remember. Most people use the same password for everything and it’s almost always a word or a word+#. A good pass phrase (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passphrase) can be something like “Mary.had.@.little.Lamb”. It’s really easy to remember and nearly impossible to guess or brute force. Using a password management system like One Password for Mac is also a good idea.