IDG Contributor Network: Security fatigue—or how I learned to overcome laziness and use a password manager
I admit it: I sometimes suffer from “security fatigue,” and I bet you do, too.
If you’ve ever reused a password for a new site login, thinking the site isn’t that important, you suffer from it. If you’ve clicked on a tempting email offer or social media request, even if it looked sketchy, you’ve got it. And if you’ve sent a business document to your private email so you can keep working on it at home, you’ve definitely got it.
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You’re not alone. Security fatigue is a bug the majority of us have. A NIST study recently reported that most people don’t do the right thing when it comes to cybersecurity because they are too lazy, too hurried, or not convinced that they are a target for cybercrime.
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