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Building a Webpack Plugin to Generate Localized Emails
At Dashlane we build most of our transactional emails and some marketing emails using basic HTML/CSS with a sprinkle of EJS templating for rendering variables and conditional statements on server-side. Unfortunately, HTML emails can be a frustrating thing to work on since email clients typically render using outdated standards and require nested tables and other […]
What Businesses Can Do in Q4 to Get 2021 Off to a Good (and Secure) Start
Like many of us, you’re probably ready to put 2020 behind you. But before you do, don’t miss the opportunity to strengthen your company’s security for the year ahead.
Pitch a Password Manager to Your Boss in 8 Easy Steps
So you want to get a password manager for your company, but your boss—or their boss—is hesitant. Here’s everything you need to know to get the buy-in necessary to implement Dashlane in your company 1. Reveal the risk The first thing to do is show that poor password habits can put company data at risk, especially with more people working from home […]
What IT Departments Can Learn From This Summer’s Major Twitter Hack
The more cognizant employees and the general public become about online security risks, the savvier hackers seem to be. As much as we’d like to think we’re ahead of the curve with a keen eye for fraud, hacking has become increasingly sophisticated, making it all the more pertinent that employees know what to look out […]
How to Find a Password Manager Your Business Will Love and Employees Will Use
Think of your company’s passwords as baby Yodas—they must be protected at all costs. A password is the most crucial element to keeping your company’s data secure—as well as the weakest link when it comes to data security, though only 31% of companies use a password-management solution to protect their data. (ICYMI, here’s our post […]
Don’t Take the Bait — Password Managers Can Help Shield You From Phishing Attacks
If there were a popularity contest for hacking schemes, phishing would win by a landslide. Most commonly in the form of an email, a phishing scheme entices users to click on a malicious link, then leads them to expose personal or business credentials, either by entering them into a fraudulent site or by confirming sensitive […]
How to Manage Employee Passwords Across the Business
Call it the password paradox. Passwords were originally developed as a simple way to safeguard sensitive information.
Dashlane’s New ZXCVBN Guidance Helps You Create Stronger Master Passwords—And Eliminates the Guessing Game
Does anyone else stare blankly at the “enter new password” field when creating an account? *slowly raises hand* Even though password managers are designed to let you ultimately forget all your passwords, there’s still the matter of creating one, final Master Password for Dashlane itself. Your Master Password should be something you’ve never used before, […]
Test in the Time of Change
Let me start by quoting the well-known adage by the ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus: “Panta rhei.” Roughly translated? “The only constant in life is change.” And oh my, have I experienced change here at Dashlane since joining about 2 years ago! From opening a 3rd office in Lisbon (plus expanding our Paris and New York offices), hitting an inflection point, watching a number of […]
The Best Browser Extensions for Digital Privacy
If eyes are the window to the soul, browsers are the window to, well, everything on the internet. But that window goes both ways-leaving it open means your information is vulnerable to “bad actors” and hackers. Luckily, there are ways to put the virtual curtain up, so to speak, and protect your digital privacy. Is […]