Boosting Business Security with Keeper Password Manager

The biggest weakness in most businesses’ cyber security defences is their staff's passwords. You can invest in the best security equipment and software that money can buy, but a weak password will allow a hacker to walk through the front door.

The Password Problem

Modern businesses have a plethora of systems to log in to, each requiring its own password. From accessing your Microsoft or Google account for emails and documents, logging into your customer management system, using a soft phone, to placing orders on supplier websites – the list is endless. Creating strong and unique passwords for each of these is virtually impossible, and if you do manage to do this yourself, good luck remembering them without resorting to the dreaded Post-it note of passwords.

Keeper: A Solution for Secure Password Management

Introducing Keeper, a password management and cybersecurity platform designed to protect individuals and businesses from data breaches and cyber threats. Keeper offers a range of features that ensure the security of passwords, passkeys, and other sensitive information. Operating on a zero-knowledge security model, Keeper ensures that only the user has access to their encrypted data, guaranteeing maximum privacy and security.

Simplified Login with Single Sign-On (SSO)

Most password managers require a strong Master Password to unlock your password vault – great, another password to remember before you even get started! Keeper solves this problem with Single Sign-On (SSO). If you use Microsoft 365, Keeper can be set up to authenticate using your Microsoft credentials. If not, other SSO options are available that may be suitable for your business.

Getting Started 

Once logged in, Keeper will offer to import any passwords stored in your web browser, as well as from other password managers if you already use one, immediately giving you a head start in populating your password vault.

You will then start to add your passwords one by one as you log in to the various services. Keeper will monitor all these passwords and notify you if any are weak, reused elsewhere, or part of a known data breach. These passwords should all be changed using Keeper’s password generator, creating a password that is nearly impossible to guess. On most websites, Keeper can recognise when you are creating or changing a password and offer to generate one for you, then save it to your vault.

Once a password is stored in Keeper, you can use the web browser extension to auto-fill the login screen on most websites, eliminating the need to manually copy and paste your username and password. There is also a desktop app that can fill usernames and passwords on any app, not just web pages, and a mobile app that allows you to use Keeper on the go.

Secure Password Sharing

Although password sharing is not recommended, sometimes it is necessary. Keeper allows this to be done as safely as possible. One way to do this is to share a record or a folder in your vault with colleagues for permanent sharing. The other way is to send a secure link that can only be opened once and will expire after a chosen amount of time. This is perfect for sharing a password with a new employee or a new customer without breaking the rule of never writing a password down and without learning their password yourself.

Benefits

All of this has strong benefits for both the employer and the employee. If all employee passwords are strong, random, and unique, you significantly lower your chances of falling victim to a security breach. For employees, they no longer need to think up and remember large numbers of passwords; they just need one SSO or Master password to log into every system and service they use.