{"id":1911,"date":"2024-01-24T13:05:41","date_gmt":"2024-01-24T18:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/?p=1911"},"modified":"2024-01-24T13:05:41","modified_gmt":"2024-01-24T18:05:41","slug":"annual-password-changes-are-coming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/?p=1911","title":{"rendered":"Annual Password Changes are Coming"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Changing passwords regularly is a good practice for maintaining digital security.&nbsp; Simmons is moving towards an annual password change requirement.&nbsp; If you haven\u2019t changed your password in the last year, please consider doing so now.&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/bitwarden.com\/password-strength\/\">Test your password strength<\/a> and follow these <a href=\"https:\/\/servicedesk.simmons.edu\/articles\/index.php?action=showEntry&amp;data=1947\">instructions<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Security Against Unauthorized Access:&nbsp; <\/strong>Regularly changing passwords reduces the risk of unauthorized access to your accounts.&nbsp; If someone gains access to your password, changing it promptly can prevent continued unauthorized use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Don\u2019t re-use passwords:&nbsp; <\/strong>Using unique passwords for each site localizes the risk in the event of a password breach.&nbsp; Cybercriminals often use credential stuffing attacks, where they use leaked username and password combinations to gain unauthorized access to multiple accounts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Password Complexity:<\/strong>&nbsp; Changing passwords provides an opportunity to update and strengthen the complexity of passwords.&nbsp; This includes using a combination of uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers, and special characters, making it harder for attackers to guess or crack passwords.&nbsp; Avoid patterns (qwerty, 12345, abcdefg, etc.), and passwords that are easy to guess (Simmons2024!).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Preventing Identity Theft:<\/strong>&nbsp; Regularly updating passwords is a proactive measure against identity theft.&nbsp; If your login credentials are stolen, changing the password promptly can prevent criminals from using your identity for malicious purposes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Changing passwords regularly is a good practice for maintaining digital security.&nbsp; Simmons is moving towards an annual password change requirement.&nbsp; If you haven\u2019t changed your password in the last year, please consider doing so now.&nbsp; Test your password strength and follow these instructions. Security Against Unauthorized Access:&nbsp; Regularly changing passwords reduces the risk of unauthorized [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[375,374,376,38,377],"class_list":["post-1911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technews","tag-375","tag-374","tag-annual-password-change","tag-cybersecurity","tag-password-change"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1911"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1911\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1912,"href":"https:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1911\/revisions\/1912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technews.simmons.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}