Passwordless is coming, but until then, passwords are a key component in protecting business assets, but unfortunately, logistics firms don’t seem to be keeping up to date with best practice.
Last year NordPass carried out research into the use of passwords within industry sectors among fortune 500 companies.
They found that logistics firm's unique password percentile was just 28%, with 429331 of those passwords being used found within data breach information. With password reuse a way that criminals can just log into company systems this is a massive warning sign for firm's system security.
These were the top ten passwords being used by logistics firms (replace company name with employees firm’s company name).
Cyber criminals don't need to break in, they can just log in using the details they find online about your staff and trying the list above.
Do your staff log in to the system using their email address?
Are they on LinkedIn where they might share their work email address and the company they work for?
It might be even easier and their details can be found in a data breach.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFRaPX1nXDEPasswords should be:
You can generate a strong password using three random words. Look around the room, pick three things out and then combine them with numbers – Curtains2Monitors3&Shelves8.
Most people now have between 60-90 passwords so having unique passwords is a challenge, so consider a password manager. You can get enterprise password managers which means staff can securely share passwords or notes when required.
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