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Symantec, a leader in online security, offers up some simple tips to keep your online credentials and identity safe. Gerry Egan, Sr., Director of Norton Product Management, talks through six simple tips for better password management from changing your password, to using strong passwords, to using password management systems. With the recent Russian Hacker Mega Breach it's always a good time to look at how to better secure your online identity.

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passwords or sometimes the only thing
between your data and cybercriminals
between safe data and stone and data the
cybercriminal gains access to your
password cannot only use in taxes one
account but if you reuse that password
across multiple accounts guess what they
can get into all of your accounts and
steel financial data help themselves to
a lot of your digital life so it makes
sense for you to pay attention to and
choose better passwords than just a
simple ABC or password password most
common one is 12345 mean come on really
i'm gerry egon from symantec i'm a
product manager with the norton business
and as a leader in information security
we know a thing or two about it
here are some tips that can help keep
your online account secure firstly
change your passwords but you could be
important ones you've got the same one
since 1979 i'll be need to change or
certainly debate about how often you
change your password
some say 12 years some say some once a
month I'd say you know up too often
maybe every year might be a good idea
but particularly if you hear news that
site that you know organizations been
compromised
you need to change your password
straight away again pay attention to
what's going on around you
listen and pay attention secondly create
stronger passwords we would recommend at
least eight or nine characters longer
the better you know
one idea is to have a password and then
repeated several times so you could take
a word and repeaters idea to put in some
special characters pin number put in
some punctuation avoid your favorite
food or your birthday or names your kids
and you don't want to go to the trouble
of making up one
well we have a free password generator
for you as well check out the URL below
next important . don't reuse your
password
yes it makes things much easier for you
if you have one password for everything
but it's a little bit like a master key
if that master key is compromised
now somebody can open all the doors in
your life same for your passwords
your password is compromised on one size
then other sites that have stronger
security measures that can be opened
using that same password
the golden rule is use different
passwords for all your accounts
particularly those accounts where you
care to the accounts that story or money
or have lots of sensitive information
about you now that you're changing
passwords you know and creating stronger
ones and you know change them on a
regular basis maybe a password manager
might be a good idea to help you
remember them all
no writing them down on stickies anymore
we have a really good password manager
is called norton identity safe
it's free and you can download it from
the URL below last point is you know
think about enabling something called
two-factor authentication many websites
offer it now and it adds an additional
layer of security to your account by
requiring you to enter something you
know which is your password in addition
to something you have which is a code
that gets sent to you typically be a
text message
I'm our token generation generator on
your phone makes it that much more
difficult for the bad guys to get your
information
so even if your password is compromised
they can't get in without that special
code last point where i will mention
which a lot of people forget about is
pay particular attention to your email
account your email account in many ways
is the door to your digital life think
about how many times you had to reset
your password you reset your password in
many cases by having them send you a
link to your email so if a cybercriminal
has access to your email that he can
reset a whole bunch of your passwords
and ghetto get into and take over your
entire digital life so the email which
many people don't think about is a
really important account to keep secure
there you have it five or six easy steps
to kill keep your data safe and get out
there and be safe