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Articles on passwords, two-factor sign-in and everyday digital security at work.
The five questions to settle before any software demo
Comparable answers instead of three sales pitches: five questions to settle for yourself before the first demo — and...
What a trial period can prove — and what it cannot
Fourteen days in a quiet week prove very little. How to set up a trial that mirrors the business, and how to decide i...
Taking your customer data with you: what gets lost in a switch
Master records almost always come across, history and notes often do not. The four kinds of data to ask about — and a...
Term, notice and data export: what to look for in the contract
The price is the easiest number in the contract. What happens when you want to leave is the interesting one: notice,...
Behind the scenes: how hashing protects your passwords
Why a one-way function beats encryption, what a salt does to rainbow tables, and why Argon2 and bcrypt are slow on pu...
Double protection: why multi-factor authentication (MFA) is indispensable
Authenticator apps beat SMS codes, the email account comes first, and backup codes decide what happens when the phone...
A vault for everything: the ultimate guide to password managers
One master password, zero-knowledge encryption and autofill across devices. What to look for in a provider, and how t...
Randomness instead of system: why you need a password generator
Dictionary attacks break patterns, not randomness. Why machine-made strings beat clever ones, and how to set length a...
Safe on the web: the 10 golden rules of password security
Length beats special characters, every service needs its own password, and the second factor catches what phishing ge...