Tower Defense Tip: Passwords

Passwords are often configured insecurely, not maintained or re-used which leads to many of our teams network compromises and access to systems.

LTS Strong Password Guidelines:

1. Length- atleast 16 characters.

2. Complexity - use special characters, numbers and upper/ lower case.

3. Make them unique, and don't re-use passwords.

4. To avoid forgetting them, store them in a secure and encrypted password manager application.

5. Don't create easily guessable passwords, no season, year, company names, personal names, pet names etc. You can reference the list here of examples to avoid: https://weakpasswords.net/

Additionally, you can check online password breach repositories to see if your accounts have ever had their passwords dumped: haveibeenpwned.com