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38 PalletCentral • November-December 2019 palletcentral.com Identify Your Vulnerabilities One of the best ways to find vulnerabilities is to hire a consulting firms or IT specialists to conduct a vulnerability assessment of your system in search of weaknesses. From there you can begin to make changes that will better protect your business, your network, and your clients. Accept That It's Only a Matter of Time Until Your Business Becomes the Target Be proactive. The technological world we live in is full of breaches and hacks, and instead of expecting those to stop, businesses need to put in the work on the front end. Cybersecurity is an ongoing battle for entrepreneurs. There are affordable, easy to deploy, instantly effective, and complementary solutions. PC BUSINESS Rachel Busch is director of public relations at Cigent, a cyber security services provider in SW Florida. She may be reached at 669.400.8127 or email Rachel.busch@cigent.com. Let Me Guess, Is It ... 12345 or password? Each year, SplashData evaluates millions of leaked passwords to determine which passwords were most used by computer users during that year. Even with the risks well known, many millions of people continue to use weak, easily-guessable passwords to protect their online information. 2018 was the fifth consecutive year that "123456" and "password" retained their top two spots on the list. The next five top passwords on the list are simply numerical strings. SplashData, provider of password management applications TeamsID, Gpass, and SplashID, releases its annual list in an effort to encourage the adoption of stronger passwords. "Our hope by publishing this list each year is to convince people to take steps to protect themselves online," says Slain. "It's a real head-scratcher that with all the risks known, and with so many highly publicized hacks such as Marriott and the National Republican Congressional Committee, that people continue putting themselves at such risk year-after-year." Presenting SplashData's "Worst Passwords of 2018:" SplashData estimates almost 10 percent of people have used at least one of the 25 worst passwords on this year's list, and nearly 3 percent of people have used the worst password, 123456. SplashData has been a leading provider of password management applications for over 15 years. SplashID (http://www.splashid.com) has grown to be a trusted multi-platform password solution for both the consumer and enterprise markets with over 1 million users world- wide. 1. 123456 2. password 3. 123456789 4. 12345678 5. 12345 6. 111111 7. 1234567 8. sunshine 9. qwerty 10. iloveyou 11. princess 12. admin 13. welcome 14. 666666 15. abc123 16. football 17. 123123 18. monkey 19. 654321 20. !@#$%^&* 21. charlie 22. aa123456 23. donald 24. password1 25. qwerty123