It used to be that for your computer needs you had one or two passwords at the most. Every once and awhile, you’d have to switch them but it wasn’t too big a deal and it was easily manageable. However, it seems that recently you need a password for everything. Not only that, but with the increased general awareness of computer security passwords have become more complex. This already causes a huge headache, however when you add the fact that they can all expire on different dates it becomes even worse. That’s why I suggest coordinating your passwords so that they all expire on the same day. This way you can take care of it all at once and make the whole process drastically more manageable.

Also, it’s easier to coordinate your passwords so that you can more easily remember them when you reset them all at once. Overall, it just makes your work day a little less stressful, which is always a good thing.

I saw a post on LinkTipIdea the other day about making strong and memorable passwords and it got me to thinking: There are tons of professionals today who have sensitive information stored on their computers and yet keep their passwords right out in the open (sometimes even using sticky notes attached to the computer itself!). This is a dangerous practice, as you never know who is going to be coming and going from your office.

It may seem like a pain to remember your password, especially if you have to use special characters (such as $, !, etc). However, there are ways around this problem (as read in the articles referenced above). One technique that I use is to replace common letters with special characters that I can easily remember. For example, replacing “S” with “$”. This makes your password not only easy to remember, but much more complex.

Remember: The possible consequences of having your password revealed far outweigh the effort required to keep your password secure.