Page 14 - DDS Newsletter The Scoop November

TIP FROM IT - Password Creation

✓ Don’t use common passwords such P@ssw0rd or Qw3rtyui! which meet password
requirements, but are easily guessed.

✓ Studies have shown that if a hacker knows something about you (think Facebook!) they have a
73% chance of guessing your password.

✓ Many people use a variation of the same password such as HappyD@y!1, and HappyD@y2. If
the hacker discovers one of your passwords, they can easily guess your password to other sites
such as your work or banking sites.

✓ Password managers such as LastPass and Dashlane create a complex password for you and
store it so you can easily retrieve all your passwords remembering only one complex
password.

✓ Use passphrases like the title or a lyric of your favorite song with some special characters and
capitals thrown in.

IT Welcomes Granville Owens!!

IT’s newest addition, Granville Owens,
joined the DDS family in October. He came
to us from the Center for Disease Control
(CDC) in Chamblee, where he worked as a
network engineer. He is experienced in
supporting networking, hardware and
software. Granville has been working hard
to become the agency Subject Matter
Expert for Q-matic and he will be visiting
your CSC soon! Granville has already
attended Q-matic training and is hitting the
ground running! He is a recent newlywed
with children, his daughter attends Mercer
University. He spends his free time fishing
and swing dancing.