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Protect Yourself From Yourself with a Password Keeper Lock Box [PR.IP-4]

Protect Yourself From Yourself with a Password Keeper Lock Box [PR.IP-4]

Steve McMichael
July 08, 2023

It's great that you're using a password keeper but what if you lock yourself out of it? Or lose the endpoints it is installed on, or your vault gets into the wrong hands? Don't have password security regrets! Establish redundancy and make a digital "lock box" with a CSV password vault export to an encrypted thumb drive. Also apply tips from World Backup Day.

World Backup Day

Be prepared against data loss and data theft. March 31st is the day to backup and better protect your data.

www.worldbackupday.com/en

Redundancy and backups for your password keeper helps with NIST Cybersecurity Control Framework outcome PR.IP-4: "Backups of information are conducted, maintained, and tested".

Cybersecurity Framework

Helping organizations to better understand and improve their management of cybersecurity risk

www.nist.gov/cyberframework

It's also aligned to Center for Internet Security (CIS) control 11.1 Data Recovery: "Establish and maintain data recovery practices sufficient to restore in-scope enterprise assets to a pre-incident and trusted state."

CIS Controls

The Center for Internet Security (CIS) officially launched CIS Controls v8, which was enhanced to keep up with evolving technology now including cloud and mobile technologies.

www.cisecurity.org/controls

While adopting password managers is one of the top 4 most important things to do to secure yourself and your family online, protect yourself from locking yourself out of it by learning how to make a password keeper lock box.