What is?
Weak passwords are passwords that are easily guessable, crackable and vulnerable to attacks. Weak passwords make it very easy for hackers to gain access to an account and could lead to substantial financial loss and identity theft.
Best Practices:
Must be at least eight characters in length.
Must contain a character from three of the following four character sets:
- Lower case characters (e.g. a to z)
- Upper case characters (e.g. A to Z)
- Numeric digits (e.g. 0 to 9)
- Character symbols (e.g. + = ( ) & % ! ? > <)
Passwords do nots:
- Do not use the same password on multiple accounts. If one account is breached, the others will be at risk as well.
- Do not write down your passwords.
- Do not reveal your password with anyone.
- Do not share your password with your supervisor, manager, partner, your children, your friends, etc.
Tips:
A trick for creating memorable passwords.
“I changed all my passwords to ‘incorrect’. So whenever I forget, it will tell me ‘Your password is incorrect.’ !!!”
You might find it easier to remember a sentence like “The first house in Lille, I rented €400 per month.”
You can turn that sentence into a password by using the first digits of each word, so your password would become TfhiL,Ir€4pm (The first house in Lille, I rented €400 per month).
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