Password security is a big part of the business and personal security discussion. With so many leaks across financial institutions, government institutions, general retailers, and the once-niche, but currently booming gaming industry, it's more important than ever to know your internet security risks. Many services have rules about passwords for security reasons, but where do these rules come from? To understand why these hacks happen and how to keep yourself safe, here are a few system security details:

What Is Hacking And Why Can't It Be Stopped?

Information security is inherently a game of catch-up. Any system has a set of flaws that can be identified because it's all a system of programming code and rules that people--with all of their flaws--create. Someone can figure out either a mistake int he programming or a way to use the system that isn't intended. 

The public calls it hacking, but hacking is nothing more than a clever solution to a given problem. Just as someone may clean their car's headlights with toothpaste to get rid of the foggy haze or taking different vitamins to enhance some part of your health or life performance, people can figure out specific things to do to a computer for a result.

Causing computer problems is not the definition of hacking. It's a type of hacking, and people make a lot of money by finding the computer exploits. The money either comes from reporting the problem for a guarantee of pay--a more recent option as both a career and as a bounty hunting service--or by using the exploits to steal from others.

There's no such thing as "blocking all the hacks" or "finding all the hackers" because there's always a new problem that can be exploited far before anyone needs to be clever enough to truly penetrate a well-designed system.

Take Security Into Your Own Hands For Quick Recovery

The great news is that while computers are everywhere in industry, a breach is a bigger problem for the businesses and their employees than the individual. If your passwords are exposed or your system is damaged, it's relatively simple to get ahead of the problem and make yourself a harder target in the future.

If your information is exposed, just call your financial institutions and identity centers. This means banks, credit/charge cards, and credit reporting bureaus. There's no need to panic or scream for urgency; an hour of exposure isn't much different from a day, and as long as you bring the issue to broad daylight, there are few major firms out there who will challenge your claim. The tech world is far too progressed to see a clear hack and blame you immediately, as they can easily find a fraudster who fakes a hack to clear their debts.

Change your passwords immediately, and call a virus removal expert. Making sure that the lower tier of "hackers" who get a list of passwords to try at random password--yes, it can be that simple--are thwarted is as easy as changing your password. Finding viruses such as keyloggers that record your password entry is best left to professionals.

Password design can be complex, and in an effort to protect yourself, you may lock yourself out of your digital assets while trying to be secure can make life even more inconvenient. Contact an online password keeper professional to discuss software that can make and store secure passwords for you while making it easier to recover from password mistakes.