We Keep Your Small Business Secure with this Security Tool
You know you need a password to keep your accounts secure, but just one simple password does not cut it anymore. It’s imperative to the security of your data that your passwords are unique and complex for each account, changed quarterly, and stored in a secure place. However, ensuring that your staff complies with such password policies can be a nightmare to manage.
Fortunately, just like everything else nowadays, there’s an app for that! Let’s dive deeper into how your office could benefit from implementing a security tool like Quickpass that’s included in your managed I.T. services package with Omega Computer Services.
We Keep Your Small Business Secure with this Security Tool
Password Rotation
You have likely heard you need to change your passwords every so often. But how often do you need to change them? And how will you remember to do so? You could write yourself a note in your planner every few months, create a reminder on your phone’s calendar, or add it to your To-Do list app, but all of those require you to keep creating that reminder repeatedly. This does not seem very efficient or likely that all your staff will remember to do so.
Instead, utilizing a security tool like Quickpass which sends reminder notifications before your password is set to expire, thus eliminating the need to remember to change your password on your own. Reminder notifications can be sent to users on-demand or automatically on a set schedule. Every 30 days, quarterly, the schedule is up to you and what works best for your organization. Just remember not to let passwords stay the same for longer than three months. Other reasons to change your password include:
A security incident.
Your account was compromised.
Unauthorized access to your account.
You shared your password with someone.
Password rotation is important for more than just users logging onto their devices, but all those admin accounts too. Especially those admin accounts that the password is “admin” because…yikes. Again, with the help of a security tool like Quickpass you can keep admin passwords unique, updated, and secure in a password vault.
Self-Serve Password Reset
Forgetting your password or being locked out of your device is already frustrating enough without having to call I.T. support to get it sorted out for you. And while calling your MSP or I.T. department for help is perfectly fine (We are here to help you!) some things can be handled quicker on your own.
Fortunately, another great aspect of Quickpass is the self-serve password reset. This allows end-users to perform password resets and account unlocks from their home, office, or wherever they may be, right from their mobile or web app. Both apps are very user-friendly as well, which makes self-serve password resets a breeze for even less technically inclined users.
Customer Identity Verification
Another security benefit of Quickpass is the customer identity verification. What this means for your office is that when an end-user calls into the Service Desk asking for help, our techs are able to verify that the person calling is who they say they are. Verification can be done in a few ways, either by sending an SMS message or through a push notification to the user. Once the user is verified, our techs can confidently give support knowing the person they are speaking with is who they say they are, and not someone trying to gain unauthorized access through impersonation. Quickpass say’s it best “Knowing your customer mitigates risk, fraud, and cyberthreats.”
Password Sync
Great, you have updated your password to log on to your device! But what about updating that password change in Active Directory, Azure, or Office 365? Forgetting to update password changes there can create a mess of data that you do not want to deal with later. Instead of wondering if there was a simple solution that could synchronize these password changes, you might have guessed it, but Quickpass does that too.
Your Next Steps
By partnering with an MSP to handle your I.T. and security needs, we are able to provide this security tool to your back pocket as well. If you are interested in adding Quickpass to your office, reach out to us to learn more.
