{"id":21211,"date":"2020-11-10T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-10T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/?p=21211"},"modified":"2024-07-08T06:04:43","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T10:04:43","slug":"password-tip-use-a-unique-password-for-every-site-and-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2020\/11\/10\/password-tip-use-a-unique-password-for-every-site-and-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Password tip: Use a unique password for every site and service"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"372\" src=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/password-866978_1280-700x372.jpg\" alt=\"A computer monitor with multiple instances of the word &quot;password&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-21212\"\/><figcaption>Gerd Altmann\/Pixabay)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here is an important password tip: Do not reuse your UMICH (Level-1) password. Try to set a unique password for each site and online service you use (or use a password manager), and never use your UMICH password for non-university accounts or services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reusing passwords puts you at risk. There have been a number of data breaches outside U-M where reused UMICH passwords were exposed (such as breaches at LinkedIn and Chegg). When people use their U-M email address as their login ID on a third-party site that is breached, it makes it easier for attackers to connect a reused password to a U-M account. See, for example, this ITS Information Assurance advisory from July 2020: <a href=\"https:\/\/safecomputing.umich.edu\/security-alerts\/no-u-m-data-breach%E2%80%94u-m-user-info-used-3rd-party-sites-exposed\">No U-M &#8220;data breach&#8221;\u2014U-M user info used on 3rd party sites exposed<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If each of your accounts has a unique password, and there is a data breach at one site, the other accounts are still safe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Using unique passwords helps you protect your personal, private data and all your online accounts.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Using <a href=\"https:\/\/safecomputing.umich.edu\/two-factor-authentication\/personal-accounts\">two-factor authentication for your personal accounts<\/a> whenever it is available provides more protection. U-M implemented Duo to provide an additional layer of security for all faculty, staff, and student accounts.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If managing multiple unique passwords is a challenge, <a href=\"https:\/\/safecomputing.umich.edu\/protect-yourself\/manage-your-passwords\/consider-password-manager\">consider using a password manager<\/a>, software that generates and keeps track of passwords for you. See <a href=\"https:\/\/safecomputing.umich.edu\/protect-yourself\/manage-your-passwords\">Safe Computing: Manage Your Passwords<\/a> for more tips on creating and remembering strong passwords.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you have used your UMICH password anywhere outside the university, change that password today!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is an important password tip: Do not reuse your UMICH (Level-1) password. Try to set a unique password for each site and online service you use (or use a password manager), and never use your UMICH password for non-university accounts or services. Reusing passwords puts you at risk. There have been a number of data breaches outside\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2020\/11\/10\/password-tip-use-a-unique-password-for-every-site-and-service\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145,"featured_media":21212,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_umich_oidc_access":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[107,23],"class_list":["post-21211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-safe-computing","tag-password","tag-security"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/password-866978_1280-e1605018313120.jpg",789,420,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/password-866978_1280-200x106.jpg",200,106,true],"medium":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/password-866978_1280-300x160.jpg",300,160,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/password-866978_1280-768x409.jpg",665,354,true],"large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/password-866978_1280-700x372.jpg",600,319,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/password-866978_1280-e1605018313120.jpg",789,420,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/password-866978_1280-e1605018313120.jpg",789,420,false],"excerpt-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/password-866978_1280-200x140.jpg",200,140,true],"themonic-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/password-866978_1280-60x42.jpg",60,42,true],"ioslider-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/password-866978_1280-658x300.jpg",658,300,true],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/password-866978_1280-665x354.jpg",665,354,true],"400x250-crop":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/password-866978_1280-e1605018313120.jpg",400,213,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Julia Silverman, ITS Information Assurance","author_link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/author\/silvj\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Here is an important password tip: Do not reuse your UMICH (Level-1) password. Try to set a unique password for each site and online service you use (or use a password manager), and never use your UMICH password for non-university accounts or services. Reusing passwords puts you at risk. 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