{"id":1641,"date":"2020-09-11T10:36:25","date_gmt":"2020-09-11T10:36:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/networkinggerrardscross.co.uk\/?p=1641"},"modified":"2020-09-16T15:01:01","modified_gmt":"2020-09-16T15:01:01","slug":"olly-denhard-psst-whats-your-password","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/networkinggerrardscross.co.uk\/olly-denhard-psst-whats-your-password\/","title":{"rendered":"Olly Denhard &#8211; Psst&#8230;what&#8217;s your password?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Date: Friday 1 Sep 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaker: Olly Denhard<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Business: <a href=\"https:\/\/networkinggerrardscross.co.uk\/members\/it-trouble-free\/\">IT Trouble Free<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Topic: <strong>Password protection<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Did you know that 81% of data breaches are due to poor passwords? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The most common passwords are not always that sophisticated according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncsc.gov.uk\/news\/most-hacked-passwords-revealed-as-uk-cyber-survey-exposes-gaps-in-online-security\">research<\/a> undertaken by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>123456 [23.2m victim accounts worldwide]<\/li><li>123456789 [7.7m &#8211;  cunningly adding 3 numbers only makes this the 2nd most commonly hacked password!]<\/li><li>qwerty [3.8m &#8211; so letters aren&#8217;t that much safer than numbers&#8230;]<\/li><li>password [3.6m &#8211; ah the old classic &#8211; all lower case mind you!]<\/li><li>1111111 [3.1m &#8211; cunning&#8230;but not quite cunning enough]<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Interestingly, the NCSC also published the 5 most common passwords involving premier league football team name (&#8216;liverpool&#8217; champions again with 0.28m), musicians (&#8216;blink182&#8242; 0.29m &#8211; never heard of &#8217;em) and fictional characters (&#8216;superman&#8217; 0.33m easily defeated &#8216;batman&#8217; 0.2m in this particular face-off).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Practise good password hygiene<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-center is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cRecognising the passwo<em>rds that are most likely to result in a successful account takeover is an important first step in helping people create a more secure online presence.\u201d<\/em><\/p><cite>Troy Hunt, international web security expert<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<ol><li><strong>Identify whether your password is weak<\/strong>: Troy Hunt&#8217;s list &#8211; &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/haveibeenpwned.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Have I Been Pwned<\/a> &#8211; can be used to check breached usernames and passwords.<\/li><li><strong>Create a strong password: <\/strong>the NSCS recommends three random words.<\/li><li><strong>Store passwords securely<\/strong>: this means not on a post-it note, but using professional software such as Password manager (as recommended by IT Trouble Free &#8211; this will only offer to fill in passwords for accredited sites) or other reputable programmes such as LastPass.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-center is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>\u201cUsing hard-to-guess passwords is a strong first step and we recommend combining three random but memorable words. Be creative and use words memorable to you, so people can\u2019t guess your password.\u201d<\/em><\/p><cite>Dr Ian Levy, NCSC Technical Director<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conclusion<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The NSCS has published a paper on UK Cyber Security [see below] which is well worth a read if you&#8217;d like to educate yourself further about password protection. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alternatively, call in the experts at IT Trouble Free and let them take the worry off your hands!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"https:\/\/networkinggerrardscross.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/UK-Cyber-Survey-analysis.pdf\">UK Cyber Survey &#8211; analysis<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/networkinggerrardscross.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/UK-Cyber-Survey-analysis.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The most common passwords are not always that sophisticated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9461,"featured_media":1645,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[71,74,69,70,72],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Olly Denhard - Psst...what&#039;s your password? 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