Ten Places NOT to Hide Your Password
Auditors and attackers look for passwords in common hiding places. If you must write down your password, keep it in a safe place, just as you would cash. Do not write the full password. Use a code or a memory jogger. Here is a list of places where auditors have found passwords! (You should not put your passwords in any of these locations):
1. On a note inside a book’s pages
2. On the ceiling
3. On a sticky note on the underside of a shelf or drawer
4. On a note thrown into the trash without shredding
5. On a note in the drawer under the pencil tray
6. On a note behind the lamp
7. On a note under the keyboard
8. On a sticky note on the monitor
9. Behind the calendar
10. In plain sight mixed into other writing on a chalk or dry erase board
If you must write your passwords down store them securely, either physically locked up or protected by password or biometric.