Password Security: What Are We Doing Wrong?

Passwords are used consistently in our everyday lives. Whether it’s from logging in to our smart phones, our computers, accessing our bank, etc. We need to use passwords to protect everything important to us, and to keep our information safe. If our passwords are known by a malicious party, we could lose not only access to our personal data, but potentially lose everything through identity theft. While it’s important to change our passwords occasionally, could requiring changes too frequently actually make our passwords worse. This paper highlights the weakest links of cyber security, the user’s mistakes when choosing their passwords. Additionally, this paper provides different ways of password security in both personal, and business use.