In the cyber security world there are many challenges faced by numerous different people. One of those groups are those who are disabled, there is 16.1 million people (24% of the population) in the UK who are considered disabled and yet they are rarely taken into account when new policies are being made.
I want to bring to light this issue specifically when it comes to passwords, for able bodied people they are already a pain but for those of us who are disabled they are a nightmare and even new technologies like MFA can be more of a burden than they set out to be.
I'm proposing some solutions to this like the wonderful world of password managers and even physical storage for passwords and shining light on some outdated views like the dreaded password expiry that in fact only makes accounts less secure.
Now, you may wonder who am I to be speaking on such a sensitive topic, I am a Cyber Security student from Manchester Metropolitan University and I have been disabled since the age of 4. I have seen first hand the struggles that those with different disabilities to me face and I also have first hand experience with some of those struggles.
My intention is to hopefully get you all thinking about how you can make your workplace more accessible and implementing some ideas to make everyone's life easier but especially for those who already struggle.