As business people, we often need to manage more passwords than ordinary people.

In addition to all personal accounts, we need to set passwords for company emails, various commercial bank accounts, telephone, gas and electricity accounts, and even various social media accounts. Experts say: "The password should include uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers, symbols, and no less than 10 digits..." What's worse is that they also require password changes every once in a while for security reasons. So, is remembering 100 passwords possible for 5U^® Website's busy customers?

 Of course it’s impossible. We’ve discussed this problem with many of our customers and their solutions are normally one of the following:

Keep a Password Book

This can be a file on your computer or an actual notebook where you record login information of various accounts. The problem is that password changes will also require changing our file or making physical edits in our notebook (which is inconvenient to carry around anyway). If the password book is stolen or damaged, all of our accounts cannot be accessed. Or even worse, sometimes hackers can access our computer and lock us out of our system, leading to significant losses on our end.

Use the Same Password

Or, at least, very similar passwords for all website logins. But this method is very risky, and the password and username requirements of various websites may be different. When we have 100 accounts, there will be more and more problems in remembering which version of the password and username combination is used.

Use Social Media Accounts

(Such as logins for Google, Facebook, WeChat, etc.) to authorize login to various websites. However, not all websites (such as some online banks) support third-party authorized logins. Not to mention that this method is more technically difficult for those who are not tech-savvy.

But the Problem Still Exists

Even with these listed solutions, many people still struggle with logging in and are blocked by their own passwords. They can only use the "forgot password" function to reset them over and over again. It seems that all kinds of complex passwords may not be able to block professional hackers, but they are still capable of blocking themselves.

Here at 5U^® Website, we have to manage hundreds and thousands of passwords for customers, businesses, suppliers, and web designers. How did we overcome this difficulty?

Our Solution

We suggest using "Password Manager" software. There are various password management software on the market, ranging from those stored in browsers and operating systems, as well as special tools that can be installed separately across platforms and devices. These commercial software can generate a variety of strong passwords for us (such as 8P7nDPhL6nBiuFo!zDr!), and use encryption technology to store the passwords on a local or cloud server, and log in with two-step authentication (2FA). With the browser plug-ins of these software, 5U^® Website can prevent fraudulent passwords from phishing sites because these software will know which username/password is used for which website, and fill it in automatically. We also use a comprehensive authority management system that allows web designers to log into a website without actually knowing the password. If they no longer work with us, they then lose the right to access the corresponding login information. Altogether, using password management software is vital in ensuring managed website security.

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