A decade has passed since World Password Day was introduced. The intent has been to make people understand that weak passwords can lead to data breaches and losses. And this holds true even today. Working from home, a pandemic-led outcome, brought flexibility in the work pattern; but the dependence on cloud tools made data and devices vulnerable and prone to cyber attacks. Sensitive data became a compromise in many parts of the world. The threat landscape in the online world is evolving and with this comes multi-device connectivity. Everything almost everywhere is, and will be, connected. Password protection is paramount.
Typically, passwords are used for logging into accounts, checking email, and accessing applications and websites. Randomly putting together computer characters like numbers, letters and symbols may be used as digital passwords. Authentication through the secret password needs to be demonstrated before opening the device for usage. Other...