NordPass (the purveyor of a password manager) has assembled a list of the top 20 passwords in healthcare, based on usage by the world's largest companies. According to NordPass's analysis, the "top" 20 passwords are:
- 123456
- password
- part of the company's name*
- 12345
- aaron431
- part of the company's name2012*
- Part of the company's name*
- PART OF THE COMPANY'S NAME443*
- company name2014*
- pass1
- company name*
- COMPANY NAME'S ABBREVIATION1*
- company name*
- 00000
- 1111
- company name*
- 1234
- Med
- company name*
Obviously, none of these are optimal, particularly in situation where HIPAA Protected Health Information may be involved.
(One of these, Aaron431, is a bit of a mystery. It may be that it is a default password on a common application.) The point of noting these passwords is, of course, to prompt you to reviecw/change your passwords. Or better yet, adopt a password manager, so you can utlize more complete passwords and change the more easily.
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