Jul 11, 2023
How to create a strong password:
- Make your password long. 12 characters or more are recommended.
- Never use personal information like birthday.
- Never repeat passwords.
- Avoid using real words.
- Use a mix of characters like capitalization, symbols and numbers.
- Use a different password for every account. We mean every.
- Never share your password with anyone.
- Change it every 3 months.
- in general if your system provide this function, Use multi-factor authentication (MFA).
- Make passwords that are hard to guess but easy to remember.
- To make passwords easier to remember, use sentences or phrases. For example, “breadandbutteryum”. Some systems will even let you use spaces: “bread and butter yum”.
- Avoid single words, or a word preceded or followed by a single number (e.g. Password1). Hackers will use dictionaries of words and commonly used passwords to guess your password.
- Don’t use information in your password that others might know about you or that’s in your social media (e.g. birthdays, children’s or pet’s names, car model, etc.). If your friends can find it, so will hackers.
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