n this week’s reading we looked at accounts, identity, authentication, and account recovery. There is an old adage that says, “You can never be too safe. When it comes to the digital world, it’s very true. Cyber hackers and hijackers are lurking everywhere to steal digital information. And while it’s a piece of cake for them to get passwords and other sensitive information, for the rest of us, keeping track of login information is a hassle especially since everything needs its own password. It’s too much and eventually passwords get forgotten.
The week’s reading mentioned various methods of approach to account recovery. In your own words state what approach(s) you believe are the best approaches for account recovery, and how you would apply the approach in an enterprise setting. Please state your answer in a 1-2 page paper in APA format. Include citations and sources in APA style.
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The other approach is storing passcodes digitally by storing them in a flash drive or any other storage devices which should be encrypted to restrict access. This should however not be the only method of recovery since the drives may get lost or damaged. The last approach is the use of the password manager which is the best way to recover accounts. This is because password managers enable one to recover accounts even when they are away from the physical passwords and they can access the passwords in the password manager form any place including the web in case they don’t have their phones or computers (Schechter, and Reeder, 2014). Users can also access the passwords in new devices. Examples of password managers include 1password and last pass which store passwords securely and conveniently. In an enterprise setting the enterprise account, passwords should be printed and saved in hard copy, alternative emails or passwords for recovery set, or the passwords stored in a password manager.
