Passwords are the only thing that seperates your information and the rest of the world viewing it. It’s time for you to rethink your password with the steps I have listed below:
1. Your password should be between eight and sixteen characters. The more characters the better but no less than eight.
2. Your password should consist of upper and lower case letters.
3. You password should contain numbers.
4. Your password should contain at least one of these charactes: !@#$%^&*()’”.,/?~`-=_+|\{}[]
5. Your password shouldn’t contain a word found in the dictionary.
6. Your password shoud never have the word password in it (see rule 5).
7. Your password shouldn’t contain your name, pet’s name, social security number, house number, phone number, mothers name (maden or otherwise), you nick name or anything to do with the Backstreet Boys.
8. Your password should never be shared.
9. Your password should change at least once every six months.
10. Your password should never be written down.
If you follow these simple ten steps, you’ll have a safer and happier password that won’t be abused by others or easily hacked. This is no guarantee that it won’t be hacked but it gives it a fighting chance in the end.
Also, check out my Useful Tool of the Weekend post to help with your passwords!
January 22nd, 2010 → 11:59 pm @ Lar Lar
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