Many tech companies are creating easier-to-use alternatives to traditional username and passwords. Apple’s “Face ID” which uses biometric authentication to unlock your phone is probably the most widely used of these innovations at present. Biometric authentication is a security process that verifies your identity based on your unique biological characteristics. Here are some examples of biometric authentication that could increasingly replace passwords in the coming years. Voice Identification: Vocal recognition technologies measure […]
Leetspeak May Make Passwords Weaker…
!F Y0u C4n R34d Th1s, 1t C4n B3 H4ck3d Leetspeak is a system of modified spellings used primarily on the Internet. It often uses character replacements in ways that play on the similarity of letters via reflection or other resemblance. It’s commonly used to create passwords that are considered memorable and secure. Unfortunately it didn’t take […]
Password Managers
81% of Confirmed Data Breaches are due to passwordss.. Password management is the bane of end users and IT administrators, but there are options to get the most out of the experience and reduce the headaches. At Onsite Techs we recommend using a password manager as well as multi-factor authentication to combat this problem. Companies […]
4th of July Nightmare
Exactly one year ago today we received a frantic call from a locksmith in Providence. They had returned from the long weekend and discovered that they could not access any files on their server. We sent a tech to investigate and he found that the server had been encrypted by ransomware and it most […]
Cyber security – Your employees are your biggest threat
There’s a lot you can do with software to protect your business from cyber-crime. But the single biggest threat to the business is actually your employees. Not because they intended to. But because it only takes one person to accidentally click on one bad link, and they can let hackers in. Our latest video tells […]
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