Password Manager for Windows: Manage Account and Password Effectively
20 February 2020Amanda J. Brook Senior Product Manager
Summary Want to get a good way to protect your account and password from leakage? Best way is to set different password for different websites and software, which could be hard for users to memorize these password. How to manage such account and password with an effective way? Try solutions below.
Part 1: Reasons of Encrypting Account and Password
Internet has be an important part in our daily. Login passwords in websites are very important. Once these password are leaked, it must be a disaster.
For different websites, users should set different user name and password. However, more websites you have ever registered and use, more passwords need to memorize. Under such situation, a professional password manager for Windows and some effective password manage methods are recommended.
Part 2: Effective Methods to Manage Account and Password
1. Password Manager of Windows - Renee Secure Silo
Specially designed to encrypt files and folders, Renee SecureSilo can also password protect data, USB disk, hide files, etc. However, users who want to manage password effectively can make use of the function named “Password Wallet” in this software. This software is quipped with advanced AES256 encryption algorithm which makes its encryption safe and hard to be cracked down by the current technology. It is very safe to be used for data protection.
Renee SecureSilo – Encrypt Confidential Data
Encrypt files in seconds Encrypt files with virtual encrypted disk and whole process can be finished in 1 second.
User friendly Concise interface helps users master the software in short time.
1. Download and install Renee SecureSilo. Enter the password to open the software. If you are a new user, set a password.
2. Select [Password Wallets] > [Create Wallet].
3. Name for the wallet and set the storage position. Then, click [Next].
4. Set a password for the wallet.
5. Click [Create Card]. Name for your target card and select the type.
6. Edit the card information.
7. Finally, click [Close Wallet] to lock your information.
2. Browser Plugin – PasswordBox
PasswordBox, a plugin in Google Chrome, can help users save the login information of many different websites automatically. Whenever users open this website, related login information will be filled in and users can just login this website with one click. However, this plugin will just save the login information but not provide any protection.
3. Built-in Plugin of Google Chrome
Users will receive a notification whether to save the user name and password when they login a website with Google Chrome. If users choose yes, Chrome will save related login information. Users do not need to enter user name and password when they get access to related website. Although this function is convenience, users may forget the password after a long time of no entering. Besides, if we change the password, the original one will be invalid.
4. Mobile App 1Password
1Password is a professional mobile App to save different password. It wins a good reputation among users and this software can be used in cellphone and PC with different OS. However, the process of saving password in 1Password is complicated.
Here is the comparison of the above methods.
Password Manager
Security
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Free
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Storage
Renee SecureSilo
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PasswordBox
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Built-in function of Browser
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1Password
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Part 3: How to Get a Safer Password
Setting passwords are common in websites, emails, life service, online shopping, online bank services, etc. Some are related to real life and asset. The security of password comes into people’s eyes gradually. So how can we set a safe password? Follow tips below.
1. Do not Set Easy Password
In real life, we can just open one door with one key. However, out of convenience, users may set a same password for different websites or situation. No matter how complicated the password you set, once the password get figured out in one site or get leaked, all the services and website can be login with this passowrd. And the result and lost could be terrible.
2. How to Create a Password Hard to be Cracked
Before starting everything, we should be clear about what unsafe password settings. If you have made the mistake, please change another safe password.
Examples:
1. Use the some personal information like the name of your relatives, birthday, telephone number, ID number, etc.
2. Similar user name of the account on related websites but just adding some simple characters. For example, users name is renee and password is set to be rene123.
3. Easy to guess password: 000000, 888888, 123456, qwerty, aaaabbbb, abc123, abcdef, etc.
4. Short password with less than 6 characters. (Easily to be cracked by force brute and dictionary crack.)
5. Only use some simple English word, numbers, or sequential characters as password.
2. How to Create a Password Hard to be Cracked
1. The minimum password length should be 8 digits.
1. The minimum password length should be 8 digits.
3. Do not make the password to be sequential.
4. Easy to be memorize but hard to guess for others.
