{"id":735,"date":"2022-03-11T14:51:52","date_gmt":"2022-03-11T14:51:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.webleaps.com\/blog\/?p=735"},"modified":"2022-03-11T15:01:59","modified_gmt":"2022-03-11T15:01:59","slug":"changing-your-password-and-how-often-you-need-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.webleaps.com\/blog\/internet-security\/changing-your-password-and-how-often-you-need-to\/","title":{"rendered":"Changing your password and how often you need to"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Passwords. We all find them annoying, especially if you use a REAL password and not something like &#8220;myname123abc&#8221;. Or, maybe you&#8217;re the type that has a different unique password for each and every login that you have. Regardless of how secure or not your password is, the fact is that passwords are a necessity in today&#8217;s world, and everyone would agree that we have too many passwords.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some basic tips to follow.<\/p>\n<p>#1 &#8211; Make sure you have a unique password. JaneDoe12345 is an example of what not to do. Create a STRONG password, use a combination of upper and lowercase letters, numbers, and symbols.<\/p>\n<p>#2 &#8211; If you ever think that one of your accounts has been hacked, breached, or compromised &#8211; first and foremost IMMEDIATELY change your password! Then try to figure out what happened by running virus scans, contacting your network administrator, or researching to see if a company that you use had their system or website hacked.<\/p>\n<p>#3 &#8211; Two-factor authentication is available for many websites and services and you should always use this whenever possible. A unique \/ strong password combined with two-factor authentication is as secure as it can get.<\/p>\n<p>#4 &#8211; Find or use a password manager. Having to memorize 100 passwords is a puzzle most cannot solve. Make it easy on yourself with having a password protected file that stores your passwords.<\/p>\n<p>#5 &#8211; This is not a necessary step, but copy and paste your password rather than typing it in when possible. This step is almost necessary if you are on a machine or device other than your own or using a public device. If you are using a device that is not yours or a public one, ALWAYS LOGOUT!<\/p>\n<p>We hope that you found some of these tips useful in this everchanging fast paced technology world that we live in.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-736\" src=\"http:\/\/www.webleaps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/webleaps_social_3_11_22-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.webleaps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/webleaps_social_3_11_22-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.webleaps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/webleaps_social_3_11_22-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.webleaps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/webleaps_social_3_11_22-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.webleaps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/webleaps_social_3_11_22-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.webleaps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/webleaps_social_3_11_22-200x200.png 200w, https:\/\/www.webleaps.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/webleaps_social_3_11_22.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Passwords. We all find them annoying, especially if you use a REAL password and not something like &#8220;myname123abc&#8221;. Or, maybe you&#8217;re the type that has a different unique password for each and every login that you have. Regardless of how secure or not your password is, the fact is that passwords are a necessity in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":736,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[370,368,369,367,371],"class_list":["post-735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-internet-security","tag-changing-password","tag-how-often-should-i-update-my-password","tag-password-change","tag-secure-password","tag-two-factor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.webleaps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.webleaps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.webleaps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webleaps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webleaps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=735"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.webleaps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/735\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":737,"href":"https:\/\/www.webleaps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/735\/revisions\/737"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webleaps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.webleaps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webleaps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webleaps.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}