Trailblazers Tech Solutions Blog

It’s difficult to overstate how important security is, and when it comes to improving your business’ security, not all tips move the needle in the same way. Today, we want to emphasize the most important security tip of all: actually make cybersecurity and protection of digital assets a priority. Doing so yields several benefits, including the ability to avoid financial and reputational damage from data breaches, ransomware attacks, or other types of cyberthreats.

If you’re like most professionals, you’re managing a growing list of passwords, both personal and work-related. The challenge isn’t just remembering them all; it’s doing so securely. Reusing passwords across multiple accounts might seem like a shortcut, but it’s a serious security risk, especially in a business setting. One compromised account can trigger a chain reaction, potentially exposing sensitive data, damaging your reputation, and even leading to financial loss.

Disney is all about magic and wonder, but something shocking almost happened with their park menus. A former Disney employee got into a menu app and made some dangerous changes. They messed with the allergen info on the menus, saying some foods were safe for people with peanut allergies when they weren’t. That could’ve been deadly.

It doesn’t take much to crack a low-effort password. To put a stop to hackers, you can use one extremely simple tactic: use long, random, complex strings of characters. Unfortunately, this is easier said than done for some people, as remembering passwords is also something that needs to happen. Today, we want to highlight the passphrase and how it can both bolster your password security and make your passwords easier to remember.

Passwords. You might hate that you have to remember them, but they are still an important part of your security infrastructure. Today, we want to highlight some of the common passwords people use, why using them is a bad idea, and what you can do to nip this problem in the bud.