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John Harris, chief technology office of SIGNiX, recently wrote an article for American City & County about the importance of creating strong passwords to protect sensitive data. His article outlines six important to-dos and six equally important not-to-dos when creating online passwords. In the article, John tells us: 

“Passwords are used to guard the most sensitive data, from credit card and bank account numbers to health and legal information. When users neglect their passwords, their data is at risk of being retrieved by cyber criminals. In fact, 63 percent of data breaches involve weak, default or stolen passwords, per Verizon.”

To read the full article, click here.

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