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title: "Video: Strong Passwords"
description: The use of weak and default passwords is one of the leading causes of payment data breaches for businesses.
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# [Video: Strong Passwords](https://blog.pcisecuritystandards.org/video-strong-passwords)

 Posted by [Laura K. Gray](https://blog.pcisecuritystandards.org/author/laura-k-gray) on 3 May, 2018 in [Small Business](https://blog.pcisecuritystandards.org/topic/small-business) and [Passwords](https://blog.pcisecuritystandards.org/topic/passwords) and [Awareness](https://blog.pcisecuritystandards.org/topic/awareness) and [QIR](https://blog.pcisecuritystandards.org/topic/qir) and [Small Merchant Resources](https://blog.pcisecuritystandards.org/topic/small-merchant-resources) and [Video](https://blog.pcisecuritystandards.org/topic/video)

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The use of weak and default passwords is one of the leading causes of payment data breaches for businesses. 

Watch this quick animated video to learn how businesses can minimize their chances of being breached by changing vendor default passwords to strong ones, and never sharing passwords.

 

 

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