Building stronger defenses with smarter password management ...

THE PHILIPPINE government is taking action to strengthen its cybersecurity measures, such as enforcing appropriate regulations on digitalization. In recent news, the Philippine Computer Emergency Response Team has urged big organizations to establish an incident response team that can act quickly to mitigate damage in the event of a successful data breach. One of the most common cybersecurity threats is weak, unchanged passwords. Why do we choose bad passwords? Are we faithful to our old passwords, keeping the same ones for years and years? Are we partial to certain accounts and their passwords? People tend to prioritize financial accounts over retail, social media, and entertainment accounts because a breach of a mobile payment, online banking, or trading account could result in severe financial damage. It is crucial, however, to protect our personal information, no matter the type of...