What is LastPass?

LastPass is a password and secrets management tool – it helps you to follow best practice with passwords and other secrets, and it should also make life a LOT easier for you once you have it up and running.
Its purpose is to store your passwords somewhere that only you can access, and it makes them available to you in your browser, on your smartphones and tablets, and just about anywhere else you might need them.
LastPass also has other important features that help you to follow best practice, including things like:
- Generating long, random (aka “complex”) passwords for you
- Filling in these complex passwords automatically on web sites and in applications, so you don’t have to remember them
- Helping you to use different, complex passwords at every web site, application or service you log into (avoiding password re-use)
- Enforcing any company-wide policies to help you comply with other important password management practices, without having to remember to do that
LastPass is one of the most mature and well-featured password management solutions.
- It has also been very well vetted and tested from a security point of view, over many years, and is thought in the security industry to be the best balance of functionality and security
- Obviously it matters how you configure and operate your LastPass account, but it also pays to start with the best solution

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