BE SMART WITH YOUR PASSWORDS:- Use a strong password for your email. Use a strong password for other accounts too but I want to emphasize email because people seem to forget that your email account can be used to reset other passwords AND contact everyone in your contacts list.
- Use different passwords for different accounts: “If you have ever used the same password in more than one place, you have reduced your overall safety record to whichever site had the lowest amount of protection.”
- and if you need to store a lot of passwords, use an encrypted database like lastpass.com, 1password or keepass. These password databases can also help you generate more secure passwords that utilize random letters, numbers, caps, and symbols.
- BACKUP YOUR DATA no matter where it’s located: computer, cloud, hosting. E-mail, contacts, even social networking data if it’s important to you. Back it up. There are different backup solutions but without going into specifics, think about external hard drives AND off-site storage.
The reason I bring these things is that having a secure password can help prevent your accounts from getting hacked. Or save your business by having backups if you do get hacked or have a computer system fail.