Securing the Personal Perimeter

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8 min readJun 4, 2021

With the increase in the visibility of data breaches, companies have continued to evaluate, invest in and adopt security products.

The commonly overlooked attack vector is hackers compromising the personal lives of employees and work colleagues. Once the personal lives are data breached, hackers will pursue a waiting game, burrow themselves in the network if the opportunity arises, and escalate privileges. When no such opportunity occurs, they will often resort to blackmail and ransomware to help intrude corporate networks.

One simple way to secure the lives of employees is for them to adopt a password manager and use two-factor authentication on all the personal services that offer it.

This is where the SAASPASS Password Manager & Authenticator can help maintain personal digital hygiene and security. The best part is that it is free for personal use.

You can find more details on how your work colleagues, employees, stakeholders and friends can secure the personal perimeter below.

NB: Companies can adopt SAASPASS for their work security. The SAASPASS Identity & Access Management (IAM) suite includes multi-factor authentication, enterprise password management, single sign-on, shared access manager, access control policies, directory services and passwordless authentication.

SAASPASS is a cross-platform password manager & authenticator that works with multiple devices and seamless sync.

It is built with Security & Usability in mind.

It is the only password manager that can be used with passwordless two-factor authentication as the default login.

It works on all the platforms including Windows, Apple and Linux. It is available on both the Android Play Store and Apple App Store. All the major browsers are supported including Chrome, Firefox, Microsoft Edge and Safari.

It is free for personal use with a limit of 500 login items.

Autofill Passwords & Authenticator Codes

SAASPASS can autofill & autologin into websites and apps. It can autofill both the username/passwords and the authenticator codes as well, and does it on both the desktop and mobile app.

You can even share authenticator codes (TOTP & HOTP) with multiple people and teams in the mobile app, web portal and browser extension when you are on the enterprise package. More details on Sharing Authenticator codes with teams here.

Here is a video of the AutoFill on an iPhone of the username/password and the 2FA authenticator code:

Here is a video of the AutoFill on the computer of the username/password and the 2FA authenticator code:

Passwordless 2FA Protection

The browser extension (and the web portal) is always protected by 2FA. The browser extension can be unlocked by multiple 2FA methods including scanning an encrypted barcode and push approval by the SAASPASS mobile and tablet app. The browser extension has the highest form of security, is both phishing-proof and mitigates against man-in-the middle attacks as there is no risk of static credentials like a master password. This eliminates the risk of replay attacks and the need to carry around physical tokens like FIDO.

Browser Extension is a Full-Blown Application

The browser extension is a full blown application and works on all platforms. There is no need for a desktop application. It can also work in sync with the web portal. It can autofill and autologin for you. You can even copy paste Authenticator codes and passwords from the browser extension. It comes with a search bar which comes in handy when you have over 30 items.

The browser extension has SSL detection and only works with sites protected with https when it comes to autofilling prompts. The browser extension mitigates against phishing attacks and man-in-the-middle attacks. The plugin only works with user initiated autofill and autologin.

Security Scan

The SAASPASS password manager comes with a unique Security Scan that can identify websites and apps that support 2FA methods like the authenticator TOTP & HOTP formats. In addition, it informs you of duplicate and weak passwords. This is critical because you should have a different and complex password for every website and app.

Secure Notes

SAASPASS comes with Secure Notes. You can use it either offline or have it synced across multiple devices. There is a separate search bar for the Secure Notes and is only accessible after passing the mobile App Protection.

iPad Multitasking Support, Split Screen & Landscape View

The SAASPASS iPad app supports landscape mode, split screen and multitasking. This is especially useful when you need to use multiple applications at the same time.

Authenticator Support

The SAASPASS Authenticator support is unique. You can tightly integrate it optionally with the password manager and have it autofilled in both the computer with the browser extension and on the mobile phone for a seamless single sign-on experience.

The SAASPASS Authenticator supports 6, 7 and 8 digit TOTP and HOTP codes. There are over 1000s of logos for your setup apps. There is a universal search bar on the mobile app, browser extension and the web portal.

You can access the Authenticator codes from the SAASPASS mobile app, browser extension and the web portal.

You can share it with third parties and teams (in the enterprise package). You can have work colleagues access it in multiple ways including with physical tokens like FIDO keys.

There are logos for 1000s of websites, apps and services.

Password Management Usability

The mobile app comes with over 100 thousand preconfigured websites and apps to ensure ease of use when you add from the mobile app. You can also add custom apps and websites.

The browser extension prompts you on whether you want to add passwords and websites.

You can also import login items from the web portal during the set up and even import CSV files and other browser formats as well.

Web Portal

You can access all your passwords and authenticator codes from the web portal. The SAASPASS web portal is protected by passwordless 2FA like scanning encrypted barcodes. There are quick copy buttons for the desktop clipboard as well.

Multiple Device Support

You can have SAASPASS on multiple devices. You can add SAASPASS onto a new device by going to the Settings and choosing the Clone SAASPASS ID.

It even comes with Device Management where you can remotely remove it. You can have SAASPASS on up to 5 devices.

Secure Backup & Recovery Options

SAASPASS works offline by default. It also gives you the option to set it up with recovery options. There are a number of ways you can set up recovery with SAASPASS.

You can clone it onto multiple devices with a secure cloning code. The cloning code is not attached to any personal identifiable information like a mobile number or email. (recommended)

You can add a mobile number as a recovery number. (not recommended)

You can add a mobile number as a recovery number with a delayed recovery code sent. (better than just mobile number)

In addition, you can create custom question and answers that could be long passwords and passphrases. (recommended)

You can permanently turn off recovery. There is no turning back here. This is only recommended if you have already set it up on multiple devices.

Mobile App Protection

You can configure all the mobile and tablet app protection settings including using scrambled keypads, visible/invisible patterns (Android only), and biometric protections like FaceID, TouchID, fingerprint and facial authentication.