Stop reusing passwords — let a manager remember them for you
Most of us reuse a handful of passwords everywhere, and that's exactly what attackers count on — one site gets breached, and that same email-and-password combo gets tried across thousands of others in seconds. In this tip I'll show you how a password manager creates a different strong password for every account and remembers all of them for you, so you only have to know one. About ten minutes to set up, and it's the biggest security upgrade most small businesses are still missing.
The text-message security code isn't as safe as it feels
That code your bank texts you is better than nothing — and it's also the weakest version of the protection you think you have. The trouble is those texts can be intercepted or rerouted, and attackers know it. In this tip I'll show you the free authenticator-app approach that generates a fresh code right on your phone, never sends it over text, and takes about five minutes to switch on for the accounts that matter most.