What is a Password Policy and How to Create a Good One?
Normally, a password policy is a set of do's and don'ts that a company's IT experts put together and employees follow when they go about their day online. As boring as it sounds, it's an essential part of the effort...
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How to Use Chrome Password Generator to Generate Secure Passwords?
According to statistics, Google Chrome is the most used web browser on the planet and I bet you're no exception. I know I'm not. But what most people, even the ones who have been using Chrome for years, don't know is...
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How to Use Cyclonis Password Manager to Create Complex Passwords in Your Browser
The ubiquity of passwords is indisputable. They're everywhere, from your banking website, through the various social networks, to the discussion board specifically dedicated to sharing cat pictures. Passwords work as...
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How to Create a Complex but Memorable Master Password
With Cyclonis Password Manager, you won't need to create new passwords for your online accounts. The built-in password generator can take care of this task for you, and in all probability, it will do a better job...
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What is the Best Way to Create Strong Passwords in Google Chrome?
What's the key aspect of any reliable password? It's complexity, right? A chaotic grouping of numbers, letters (both upper and lower case), and symbols looks like the ultimate defense against hackers. Malware using...
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Why The Password Manager Extension is a Must-Have App for Chrome
Did you know that Cyclonis' brand new and 100% free Password Manager can be added to Google Chrome as a browser extension, so you can better manage your different passwords across all your online accounts. Every time...
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How Do I Recover Passwords Saved in Google Chrome?
Where does Google Chrome keep the passwords you save with it? If you were signed into Chrome with your Google account when you saved the passwords, you can simply go to https://passwords.google.com/. The page will...
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What's the Best Way to Migrate Your Data From Another Application to Cyclonis Password Manager?
Experts have been advocating the use of password managers for years now, and some of you have probably heeded to their advice. You already know that having your login credentials organized is extremely convenient, but...
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How to Recover a Forgotten Gmail Password
When you're signing up for a new Google account, the form asks you for a fair amount of information, including a secondary email address and a phone number. These fields are optional and some users leave them empty...
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How to Import Your Google Chrome Passwords Into Cyclonis Password Manager
Modern computer users have a lot of online accounts, and the ones that care about their data have a lot of different passwords for them. Every single user has a way of managing their login credentials. Some try to...
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'123456' and 'password' Are Still the Worst Passwords You Can Possibly Use
SplashData have put together their annual list of the worst passwords of 2017. They analyzed more than 5 million leaked passwords and published the 100 most common ones. Take a good look at the list and make sure that...
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Bad Password Practices and How to Avoid Them
In 2004, during Microsoft's annual IT Forum, Bill Gates boldly announced that the password is dead. Normally, there aren't many people that will be willing to challenge his words, especially when he's talking about...
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How to Handle Login/Password Security Questions
Security questions, also known as secret questions, are arguably among the worst backup authentication and account recovery mechanisms you can possibly see at the moment. In the past they did work, but right now, they...
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Do I Need to Change My Passwords Every Few Months?
Your password is too old, and you must change it. If you've been on the Internet for long enough, you've probably heard this advice. But does it still hold water? It's an important question that, unfortunately,...
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Why You Shouldn't Reuse Passwords
During your school years did you ever become frustrated when someone in your class shared the same name as you? Better yet, was there ever a time that someone improperly identified you as someone else? Such...
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