What is a Strong Password?

 

When it comes to hacking or cracking, good passwords are very hard for hackers to actually crack. Passwords on average would take a Hackers brute force attack years at running full time to crack. What is normally done is they try to find a back door or try to find out information about you and use that to guess your password

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What Makes a Strong Password?

Passwords should consist of at least eight characters. Should contain uppercase and lowercase characters, numbers, spaces, and special characters, if possible

Password Tips:

• • Keep the password safe
• • Never share your password
• • Do not write down your password
• • Do not store a password on the device
• • At least 8 characters long, but 12 or more is better
• • Do not share a password with anyone. Not even a friend or family member
• • Never send a complete password by email, instant message, or any other means of communication that is not completely secure
• • Use a combination of upper, lower, numbers and special characters
• • Avoid using people or pet’s names
• • Avoid words found in the dictionary
• • Avoid using important dates (birthdays, anniversaries, etc.)
• • A good password looks like a series of random characters
• • If you think your password may have been compromised, change it now