Pretty much everybody knows that they should be using strong passwords, but the reality is that pretty much everybody uses weak passwords. Why? Because it's not at all easy to remember a complex password, that's why. To keep a computer or online account secure, you should use a password of 8 or more characters which doesn't include repeated characters or sequences of characters, which doesn't include dictionary words or your user name, which includes a mix of special symbols and upper and lower case characters and which is not used across multiple accounts. In other words, each and every one of your computer and online accounts should be protected by a secure password that is at least as complex as "M$8ni3y0". Could you remember one of these secure passwords for each and every one of your online accounts? Probably not - and that's why you use the name of your dog or cat as the secret password on each of your accounts, right?
Passwords represent a problem for administrators too. Should they use policy to enforce complexity/expiry requirements, users will either forget their secure passwords (and burden the Help Desk with reset requests) or compromise security by writing their password on a sticky note attached to the underside of their keyboard. On the other hand, should they not enforce complexity/expiry
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requirements, users will compromise security by using weak passwords. It's a lose-lose situation.
But Atek have come up with a solution to creating a secure password for all of your accounts and websites: the Logio Secure Password Organizer. The Logio is a small credit card-sized device that enables you to create and store secure passwords and to associate those specific passwords with a user account or web address. These secure passwords are protected behind a master password - and that's the only one you need to remember.
