Cyber-Security Awareness

news letter read……

Issue number : 1
01/12/2022
# # T H I N K B E F O R E Y O U C L I C K

A F D I S
I T D E P A R T M E N T

DID YOU KNOW
How complex should your password
be ?
• Imagine if !?
• A hacker cracks your laptop password and opens
chrome so that he can view your recent page
history THEN TO “ Password Manager” section
were Microsoft Edge , Chrome and Opera Auto
save our Passwords and your last activity was
opening your Bank Online Portal ?
Conclusion : It all begins with creating a very robust
password to which even a super computer with a big
processing unit finds difficult cracking within a short
period of time
It takes 5 Seconds for a super computer to break a
password with 10 numbers…1736429060
It takes 152 000 Years to break a password with 12-
16 Characters – 1 Upper case, 1 special character , at
least 1 number.. Ch1y3dz@m-#1738!!
Most people think an 8 letter character password is
more secure!. But it only takes 35 Days to crack it.
Hence , that’s why we have our Afdis Acceptable Use Policy and
Information Security Policy outlining how and what's needed for
you to come up with a new Password after the current one expires
e.g. Use of Caps, smalls, numbers, special-characters
Our systems will not allow you to use any of the last 12 passwords
that you previously used (SAP, Windows login etc.)
Golden Question
What do you consider better , creating a password that
will take me 152,000 years to crack, or the one that
won’t take a criminal a few minutes to break and use
your information for malicious activities?........
e.g. Impersonate you to rob a bank, expose your
Private/Personally Identifiable Information to the
world, OR force you to pay me in exchange of your
info (ransom).
 Dos andDon'tswhencreatingaPassword
Don't
1) Don't use the same password for multiple services
2) Don't use a single word, in any language
3) Don't use consecutive repeating characters or a number sequence
4) Don't include your pet's , friend’s, family ‘s member or spouse’s name as part of your password and your birthdate,
address, phone number etc.

DO -> 1)Use at least 12 characters, preferably more

2)Use a mix of upper and lower case letters, numbers, and
symbols
3)Create an easy-to-remember passphrase by choosing a
phrase and adding numbers and symbols. Longer is better.
For example:
"I have a very difficult password.” becomes
"Ih*ve*verydiffi(ultp*ssw0rd"
4)Consider using a password safe or manager such as Last
Pass, Bitwarden or Keepass2.
5)Change your password or passphrase regularly
6)Be sure you're on the correct website before entering your
password or passphrase
7) Use space characters in between passwords as characters
8) Use mnemonics
Secure your passwords
Passwords are only kept safe if we:
• Don’t share a password with anyone. Not even a
friend or family member.
• Never send a password by email, instant
message, or any other means of communication
that is not reliably secure.
• Use a unique password for each website. If
crooks steal your account information from one
site, they'll try to use those credentials on
hundreds of other well-known websites, such as
banking, social media, or online
shopping, hoping you've reused the password
elsewhere. That's called a "Credential stuffing
attack" and it's extremely common.
• If you don’t want to memorize multiple
passwords, consider using a password manager.
The best password managers will automatically
update stored passwords, keep them encrypted,
and require multi-factor authentication for
access.
• It's ok to write your passwords down, as long as
you keep them secure. Don't write them on
sticky notes or cards that you keep near the thing
the password protects, even if you think they're
well-hidden.
• Use Applications like Bit warden ,LastPass and
My Password Manager to store and encrypt
passwords.