Security part 4

Password Manager tools

A password manager is a tool/app which allows you to put all your passwords in a vault which you can open with a single key (password).  Some allow you to store the vault on multiple devices by keeping a synchronised copy securely in the cloud.

Password managers:

• keep all your passwords encrypted
• can store and sync the passwords between your devices
• keep a copy of your passwords in the cloud
• keep the local copies encrypted as well
• are virtually impossible to be broken into
• can have two factor encryption
• can generate new passwords for you
• can autocomplete passwords securely

There are more and more of these coming on to the market, but some of the popular ones are:

• Lastpass
• Dashlane
• Roboform
• Keepass Password Safe (open source)
• Sticky password

Go online and everyone’s got a view…

and here’s what the play store threw up:

Installing a password manager is easy, but you will need to use an email account to set up the account (use one of our tablets) and you will need to set up a master password (if you are using our tablets, please use our STANDARD PASSWORD) so that others cn use/experiment with the app.  Try one of the 5 from the list.  set up the account and then set up a simple password in the vault.  You could set it up for logging in to the gmail account on the device you are using.