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


  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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