4 Ways You Can Encourage Your Carriers to Sign Up for SignOn Once
By Brian Bartosh
appearing in Rough Notes magazine
What would you say are the most-often-used passwords?
If you guessed “123456” or “password,” you’re right!
Each year, the data security firm SplashData compiles The Worst Passwords List from millions of passwords leaked from data breaches. In 2017, the top four were “123456,” “password,” “12345678” and “qwerty.” The first two have been the “worst” passwords since the list began in 2011.
It goes to show that password protection continues to be a problem, even in the face of ever-increasing cybersecurity threats.
For an agency owner like me, log-ins are a huge headache. It’s a constant balancing act between managing hundreds of passwords and ensuring that our systems are secure.
Each of our employees must maintain an average of 30-35 passwords just to perform their daily tasks—to sign on to our management system, access carrier portals or log in to vendor sites. It’s not uncommon for large agencies to maintain thousands of passwords. According to Cybersecurity Ventures, the total number of passwords in use globally will exceed 300 billion by 2020!
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