During the past 5 days I have completed numerous mundane tasks including grocery shopping, washing and ironing. However, my attention has been predominantly on one task that I was determined to complete.

I will not go into specific details except to say that I reviewed all of our logins and passwords and the way that they are stored. There are various programs available for securely storing sensitive information. I know that nothing is perfect but since we live in a digital age it is important to do the best we can. 

Old or obsolete accounts have been closed/deleted. I have created unique passwords for everything we access online. I felt that this was of utmost importance when you consider the number of organisations who have suffered data breaches in the past couple of years. There are undoubtedly other breaches which go unreported. By having unique passwords for everything means that if we are impacted by any future security breach then the impact will mostly be limited.

Even after deleting about 25 assorted organisations I still have well in excess of 100 different logins and passwords.

I am not going to be complacent but I do feel a little more reassured regarding the integrity and security of our information in the digital space.

Please do not post anything about your own ‘system’ but do let this be a reminder for us all to be a little more vigilant.