May 1, 2024

Guidelines for password management for small and medium organisations

Disclaimer: to be modified for your own needs.

• use the application KeePassXC to store passwords
• do not to send passwords in plain text via email or messaging apps
• only send passwords encrypted using a file created by KeePassXC i.e. via a .kdbx file
• do not to use the same password twice
• use KeePassXC feature to create new passwords (not to create “random” password themselves)¹
• create passwords which are rated at least as good by KeePassXC’s password generator²

KeePassXC is available on Windows, Mac and Linux: https://keepassxc.org/

KeePassXC is copyleft-licensed³

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1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Password_strength#Human-generated_passwords↩︎

2. that is with a minimum of ~80 bits of entropy↩︎

3. https://github.com/keepassxreboot/keepassxc/blob/develop/COPYING↩︎

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