Password Management
Who has access to your data? Your data is your livelihood and it's what allows you to take care of your patients and to make a living. Don’t make it easy for someone to take all of that away!
Most dental offices carefully grant access to patient data, each user getting their own password. But too often, there are multiple vulnerabilities that we don’t consider. For example, using simple or easy passwords on widely accessed websites like insurance. Or passwords that are saved on a desktop or in browsers that can be stolen with the click on the wrong email. Or worse yet, passwords that are transferred to other users on phones and laptops which can then be cloned or easily duplicated.
We have seen passwords go missing, walk away or even be stolen. Folks don't treat them the same way as keys or alarm codes, yet they are protecting data in a much more dangerous place, the world wide web.
Hackers work around-the-clock, pulling off successful cyberattacks every 39 seconds.
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Good password management is a cornerstone of protecting your practice and data. It is what stands between your data and those hackers. So what is good password management?
Good Education
Complex single use Passwords
Tracking who has access to which passwords
A tool that makes it easy for the right people to use.
I believe that with all things technical, good training is the first step. Your employees are your first line of defense when it comes to cybersecurity, so arm them for the fight they are taking on every day. Training your staff can reduce accidental clicks and keep them on the lookout for threats.
It takes 62 trillion more tries to crack a complex 12-character password than a lowercase 6-character password. Using unique and complex passwords, is a simple step to reducing brute force or “hacking” attacks. It also reduces the likelihood a staff member will walk away with a password they remember. In addition as we reduce the reuse of passwords, we reduce the likelihood of a small breach turning into a larger one.
Tracking who has access to your data through passwords can help reduce cybersecurity risk and increase compliance. Granting access to the right people helps those employees have exactly what they need to do their job, no more, no less.
All of this can be simple with the right tools. Finding a tool that can fill and track complex passwords and share them securely makes everyone’s job easier. With this tool you will know who has access to your data, and can revoke that at any time. You can easily share that access to the right people and verify they are handling your data like the patient satisfaction, job security and the income it represents. There are a lot of tools out there that can help track, grant access and securely help you to control the access to your data without easily letting others from the web in.
Partner with us to get set up on the tools we recommend and why we use them. Let us train your staff and help with the deployment of these tools to help keep you and your practice secure.
