What can SafeKey do for my Businesses?

Password Pain

Password pain is something that every business experiences. Being a necessary evil that won't disappear any time soon, SafeKey is a product designed to alleviate some of these problems.

Identified Password Security Pain Points

Writing passwords down on note paper or recording them in a text file.
Customers find it difficult to remember complex passwords.
Setting the same username and password across multiple sites.
How do you know if your staff are using these logins out of hours for non-company business?
Using “browser cache” or memory to record passwords to sites.

Writing down Passwords

This is one of those things we all know is a cardinal sin, but at some point, we have all done it. From a security standpoint, this is about the worst thing you can possibly do!

Setting Complex Passwords

A complex password tends to be a phrase rather than a password, for example, “Ilik32Eat1c3cream!” rather than the age-old “Passw0rd”. The problem with complex passwords is that having to type them into a website every time you want to log in to a service is painful, and who can remember them anyway?

Using the same password on multiple sites is very dangerous. It means if one of your supplier accounts gets hacked, they all become vulnerable. This is often done to make it easier to remember multiple accounts with different suppliers.

Secure Staff Access to Business Logins

As businesses grow, so do staff numbers. This often means sharing login details with suppliers and staff. The problem is that when a staff member leaves, we should change the passwords to all the sites they have access to. The reality is that this often doesn’t happen because of the pain it causes the business.

What is a Browser Cache, and why are they BAD?

Many use the built-in browser cache (memory) for constantly used passwords, and while it can help, it falls short when you try to use these services from another machine. It also opens a new security hole. Hackers can exploit this technology through a technique called browser hijacking. This is where they dig into your browser and expose all your saved site passwords.