User logins and passwords are a foundational element of digital security and are increasingly targeted by attackers. Digital identities and credentials are vulnerable to sophisticated attacks, such as phishing and credential stuffing. Luckily, advanced password and access management tools can help you maintain and secure the digital identities of your staff.
The Limitations of Traditional Password Practices
With the sheer number of programs and apps that an individual needs to access during any given day, it is understandable that people reuse the same passwords. (Or is it?) Thankfully, programs have forced users to strengthen passwords, by lengthening, adding capitalization, numbers, and special characters. All layers of complication help make passwords more difficult to guess, but reused passwords leave organizations vulnerable.
In addition, departments and businesses share accounts and credentials for some apps. This leads to poor password habits, including keeping passwords on post-its, in spreadsheets, and sharing in emails. Implementing protocols like 2 Factor Authentication helps reinforce your security, but 2FA can be challenging to use in a corporate setting.
Centralized Password Management: Keeper
At FSA, we recommend implementing a password management solution across your company. Our favorite is Keeper. Programs like this create a centralized, secure vault for storing credentials. This makes username and password sharing easy and secure across teams. You can also expand or restrict access to login credentials with role-based permissions.
Solutions like Keeper help build strong password habits and improve user behavior. There is a built-in password generator. This eliminates the need to come up with a string of numbers and letters on your own. It also allows login and password autofill.
Keeper Privileged Access Management (PAM)
While all accounts in your company carry risks for cybercrimes, those with significantly higher levels of access and power within your systems are enticing targets for bad actors.
The keys to the lifeblood of your company, like admin logins, database access, or cloud management credentials, are known as privileged accounts. These are often the most sought-after targets for cybercriminals, because they can grant an attacker access to your entire digital environment.
Keeper Privileged Access Management (PAM) helps protect, control, and monitor these critical accounts. Privileged accounts often remain active when not in use, which is a gap that attackers exploit. Keeper PAM removes this risk by enforcing access only when needed or ensuring that access expires automatically. Privileged sessions can also be tracked and logged, giving you full visibility into who accessed what and when, allowing you to keep an eye on potential internal risks.
Peace of Mind with Keeper and FSA Consulting
Digital identities are the new security perimeter, and you need to be confident that your accounts, data, and systems are all protected. FSA Consulting is passionate about helping protect your user accounts and team credentials.
We are ready to help you implement customized password management. Contact us today to secure your users and teams with Keeper.