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Published on:
6 December 2015
Author:
Rachael Adams
Password Protection
Creating unique and secure codes is crucial to protecting yourself against digital theft. Surprisingly both “password” and “123456” are some of the most common and amongst the worst passwords still being used on the internet.
To secure your digital identity from hackers and other malicious activity, we have compiled some basic tips for creating a strong password:
- Make sure your password is at least 8 characters long
- Include a mixture of uppercase, lowercase, numbers, symbols and spaces
- Do not use your user name, real name, company name or a complete word
- Create an acronym using an easy to remember phrase. For example I can’t wait to go to Italy next year becomes IcWtgT1ny!^
- Ensure your password is significantly different from previous passwords