Tag: password manager

Tips for Improving Account Security

December 8, 2022

Securing access to protected health information is a crucial tenant of HIPAA compliance. Your employees may have access to sensitive information, so ensuring their accounts are secure is essential to protecting this data. While you can’t stop users from making poor choices, there are administrative actions you can take to help improve account security. We’ve […]

4 Security Tips for Cybersecurity Awareness Month

October 26, 2022

October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and it’s worth taking a minute to reflect on your security stance and what you can do better to protect sensitive data and accounts. The Current State of Cybersecurity in 2022 Cybersecurity incidents and data breaches continue to increase across all industries. A 2022 report noted a 42% increase in […]

LuxSci Tips and Tricks: WebAides Password Manager

October 20, 2022

We are starting a new blog series to help you understand some of the more advanced LuxSci features. First, did you know that LuxSci has a password manager tool? We designed this tool to make it easy to securely share passwords across your organization. What is a Password Manager? Password managers are software applications designed […]

Master Password Encryption in FireFox and Thunderbird

February 27, 2019

If you are allowing Mozilla FireFox or Thunderbird to remember passwords to web sites and/or email accounts in their Password Manager tool, you should know that these passwords are all stored in a plain text file (base64 encoded) on your computer’s disk drive.  This file is accessible to anyone with administrative access to your computer.  […]

Want to Keep Your Passwords Safe & Your Accounts Protected? Here’s How

June 28, 2018

Passwords are the bane of modern existence. Most of us have dozens or hundreds of accounts with passwords to keep track of. Many people are probably also using the same easy passwords for each of these accounts. Don’t be ashamed if that’s you because many people do it. Just be prepared to listen. If you […]