Passwords Safe

When I read the article that was published last week on a list of stolen passwords, truly does not matter. After a few days, again the same story repeated with gmail and yahoo accounts. For those who work 95% via the Internet, and applies only to virtual assistance or telecommuting but also those who have taken the www essential as a means of support, payment, exchange, socialization and consultation, all take the necessary precautions so that nothing surprises us, updating antivirus, spam filtering and sender, please consult our contacts if you have sent us the file via chat, among other things ... I think we've learned! However, we are not exempt from the unthinkable happens. Well, at home, office or in your neighborhood, you always take your receipts when their own safety and that of our loved ones. Then, within computer security in addition to antivirus, secure pages, etc.., Would you stop to check how secure are your passwords? Having a secure password is essential to safeguard our security and privacy on the web. As a virtual assistant and I am concerned that women, collected information on the web and I put together the top ten tips to always keep in mind when selecting "your key word virtual?.

1 - Under no circumstances must enter credit card information, bank accounts or account alias or password, requested by email. This method not used by any service provider.

2 - When creating a new password is good advice that is alphanumeric (containing letters and numbers), at least one of the letters can be capitalized, and if you want to increase their security a little can make use of some symbol on it (a * for example). 3 - A password must be a word that other people or programs can not easily deduce or guess. 4 - If we want a really secure password, you must create a password that is not a proper name, or any existing word, regardless of language. 5 - If you think about combining our own data (initials, ID number, date of birth, etc.) can generate a foolproof password are wrong. 6 - How to avoid extra advice to use other means of access to their accounts, as you provide access even if you have Windows Live installed on your PC, since it does not know how these passwords have been obtained and it is best to take care. 7 - It is important that the password is greater than 5 digits for added security. 8 - There are very common passwords that there are q try not to use. There on the web a list of passwords to avoid using. 9 - You should use different passwords if you have more than one email account or access to other websites.

I think this is the error common to all, including me! : O 10 - My personal advice: arm yourself a listing in the most used application (Word, Excel, Notes) with all of your sites, subscriptions, mail boxes, neatly with your username and password and then retrieve mail where. In my case I use an Excel and obviously, is password protected! That redundancy! but in these cases is better than on and not miss it! PasswordMaker There is also a Firefox add-on where you memorize only one master password and let the program randomly generate a key for ultra secure every site you visit (key characters full of unpronounceable). Passwords are not stored anywhere, are generated in real time, so nobody can steal the. The security of passwords is possible, only to have these tips in mind. Karina Villegas Aktiva Solutions Virtual Assistant Virtual Assistance Secretary without borders or distances