Mini Project Part 1: Personal Digital Security Audit

Relax. We'll talk through this in plain words — no textbook voice.

What you'll walk away with

Understand Mini Project Part 1: Personal Digital Security Audit without any of the intimidation
Apply this concept right away in real-world scenarios
Get comfortable avoiding security risks for yourself and the people around you

Let's think about this for a second

A personal security audit is a systematic review of your own accounts and devices' security posture — basically looking at yourself through an attacker's eyes and hunting for weak points. In this Part 1, you'll pick 3-5 accounts (email, banking, social media) and audit their password strength and 2FA status.

Let's connect this to a real scenario

Build a spreadsheet or a sheet of paper for your accounts, with columns: Account name, Password strength (weak/medium/strong), 2FA enabled (yes/no), Unique password (yes/no — is it not reused on another service?). For each account, run it through your password manager's 'password health check' feature if it has one.

Pick 3-5 accounts and build the audit spreadsheet
Tick off password strength/2FA status/uniqueness for each
Put weak or missing-2FA accounts on a priority list

Let's look at this together

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Personal Security Audit — Part 1
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Account          | Password Strength | 2FA | Unique?
-----------------|--------------------|----|---------
Email            | Strong             | Yes| Yes
Banking          | Medium             | No | Yes  ← fix 2FA
Social Media     | Weak               | No | No   ← fix both

You should see

A completed security audit table covering 3-5 of your accounts.

Try it in 5 minutes

Fill in your audit table with your own email, banking, and social media accounts, and try to spot 2-3 weak points.

A quick word of caution

Never write actual passwords into your audit table — just note the strength/status. If the table itself ever leaks, that's a risk on its own.

Easy traps

Doing the audit 'in your head' instead of keeping a written record — makes it hard to follow up
Judging password strength purely on gut feeling — skipping your password manager's built-in health-check tool

Now try it yourself

Fill in your audit table with your own email, banking, and social media accounts, and try to spot 2-3 weak points.

You'll know it worked when: A completed security audit table covering 3-5 of your accounts.