October 2022 Spotlight: New backup options for your Bitwarden vault

For the second consecutive year, Bitwarden has been recognized as a gold medalist and leader in the Password Management Data Quadrant report from SoftwareReviews, a division of IT research and advisory firm Info-Tech Research Group. The award is based on the collective knowledge of real users, and placement is based on user satisfaction with product features, vendor experience, capabilities, and emotional sentiment.

Bitwarden partnered with Propeller Insights to poll 800 independent IT decision-makers across a variety of industries who play a key role in enterprise purchasing decisions. This year’s findings illustrate several themes including how cybersecurity concerns are influencing business decisions. Additionally, results revealed that passwordless technology is making its foray into business workflows, with 49% either deploying or having plans to deploy passwordless technology. Read the summary for more 2023 Password Decisions Survey insights.

Industry Leaders Security Rankings: Personal Email Services Edition

Nearly everyone uses a personal email service, which is why it’s particularly important that email services support the use of strong and unique passwords. Bitwarden recently examined the top five personal email services ranked by total volume of users (they are Gmail, Yahoo! Mail, Microsoft Outlook, iCloud, and AOL). Read the results to find out if your personal email service is password-friendly.

Industry Leaders Security Rankings: Health and Fitness Apps Edition

Research and Markets recently predicted that the fitness app market will grow to $23.98 billion by 2026, which is why it is so critical that fitness applications take the necessary steps now to protect consumer data. Bitwarden recently examined the password security methods of the top five health and fitness apps, as ranked by app usage (they are Nike Run Club, Planet Fitness, Calm, Fitbit, and My Fitness Pal). Check out the results to see how your fitness app ranked.

Developers Weigh in on Password Best Practices

Developers comprise a special breed of inquisitive problem-solvers. Their deep systems knowledge gives them an acute awareness of the cyberthreats around us and how to protect themselves against data breaches and identity theft. Who better, then, to share password security advice? See how a community of developers answered the question, “What do you know about password security that you'd like others to know as well?”

Five Best Practices for Business Password Management

While many organizations are striving to make cybersecurity a top priority, a key part of that effort involves educating and empowering general users about password security best practices. One of the easiest ways to enable good password hygiene is to deploy a strong password management solution across your organization. Dive into the top password security best practices for the workplace.

How to use the Bitwarden data breach report

Hackers are always finding new ways to break into accounts, which means data breaches are becoming the norm. According to Firewall Times, there were over 130 companies compromised in August 2022 alone. Thankfully, Bitwarden has a handy report to help keep you up to date with data breaches that may put your online data at risk. Learn how the data breach report works.

Why spend your remaining IT budget on a company password manager

Introducing password security to your company is an important investment to safeguard your sensitive credentials, protecting the IT team, executives and all employees. Read the article to discover the value of a company password manager and how you can put that remaining budget to use now and planahead for next year.

There is nothing we appreciate more than seeing Bitwarden community members help other users by answering their questions or offering best practice tips. Here is a recent exchange from members of the Bitwarden community on Reddit:

u/sanjosanjo on Reddit asked:  

“Family plan with up to 6 users: does that mean 6 different vaults?”

u/djasonpenney responded with:

“A Family is essentially an Organization with six members. With a Free or Premium plan you create a very limited Organization that allows you to share with one other person.

The basic element of sharing is a Collection. You move a vault entry into a Collection, and then people you have shared that Collection with can see that entry.”  

Huge shout out to u/djasonpenney for helping others get the most out of Bitwarden!

Visit bitwarden.com/getinvolved to learn more ways you can get involved in the Bitwarden community, and be sure to subscribe to get product updates delivered straight to your inbox.

Join us to explore advancements in open source security and how using such tools can build trust with customers and consumers. For the third annual Open Source Security Summit, we will bring together users, business leaders, and industry visionaries to chart a path forward and highlight the future of open source security solutions. Register now for this free virtual event!

More Upcoming Events

• Bitwarden Brilliance: CLI Installation & Encrypted Backups: 12/1 @ 12 pm EDT

• Monthly Vault Hours:  12/2 @ 12 pm EDT

• Weekly Live Demo:  Every Wednesday at 12 pm EDT

• 2022 Bitwarden Developer Forum: 12/15 @ 12 pm ET

That’s it for now. Let us know what you think about this newsletter including potential topics you’d like to see.

Until next time,

Team Bitwarden