Why you shouldn't force regular password expiry

The problem is that this doesn’t take into account the inconvenience to users  - the ‘usability costs’ - of forcing users to frequently change their passwords. The majority of password policies force us to use passwords that we find hard to remember. Our passwords have to be as long as possible and as ‘random’ as possible. And while we can manage this for a handful of passwords, we can’t do this for the dozens of passwords we now use in our online lives.


To make matters worse, most password policies insist that we have to keep changing them. And when forced to change one, the chances are that the new password will be similar to the old one.

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How Inform Accounting uses Cloud Services tied with IT Support to improve the service they offer clients.

Based in Sutton Coldfield, Inform Accounting are a provider of accounting services and business advice for businesses across the Midlands, and the rest of the UK. More than simply offering bookkeeping and tax returns, Inform Accounting also provide Cloud accounting to their customers, using the Xero accounting platform.

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