Is your password on the at risk list?

A password is defined as being a "secret word or string of characters" that is used to authenticate identity and enable access to a resource. The emphasise being on the word secret, although 'unique' is equally important when it comes to password security. Which is why the list of the most popular, and therefore worst, passwords used online this past year as revealed by password management specialists SplashData this week is particularly worrying. Well, it should be if your password is on the list anyway!