Creating a Strong Password

passwords help guard your online accounts but they are only as strong as you make them so to keep your sensitive accounts secure it's time to think about strength in numbers that means the number of characters in your password and the number of passwords you use sure passwords like one two three four five six or a child's name are easy to remember but cyber criminals are banking on you using a password that is easy to guess or contains information that can be linked to you with only a little online research such as an address favorite sports team or school name and if you use the same password for every account just think how easy you have made it for crooks who try and hack into your financial email or other accounts to steal your identity your money or other important data to be safe here are some tips for creating strong passwords and protecting your accounts passwords should be at least eight characters long and experts are recommending logger at least 12 characters the longer a password is the harder it is to hack they should be a mix of upper and lowercase letters and should also contain numbers and symbols passwords shouldn't include your name or common words that can be easily guessed you should use different passwords for each of your important accounts for example don't use the same password for your email and banking accounts that way if one account gets compromised your other accounts will still be safe when creating your strong passwords think of a pattern that you'll remember and then consider modifying it accordingly based on the account you're signing into try something like building a password by using the first letters of words in a phrase and then logically substituting upper and lowercase letters and numbers and symbols in a pattern you will remember if you keep a list of passwords as a backup in case you forget one don't leave it out in the open or in a place that it can be easily found cyber security is important and your front line of defense is only as strong as the passwords you create

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Published: Thu Oct 22 2020