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Did you know that  because they are so insecure? Did you read ? Good practices regarding your passwords are essential for good security online. Creating a good password is not difficult and it's worth the effort.

Make your passwords strong - but also easy for you to remember.

Use ALL of the following in your passwords:

• Upper case letters
• Lower case letters
• Numbers
• Symbols (such as #, $, &, *, etc)

Do not use single words that can be found in a dictionary – even in other languages.

Do not use easy-to-guess passwords, such as:

• password
• 123456
• techsoup
• admin

SOME PASSWORD WRITING TECHNIQUES

There are many different techniques – these are just a few examples

First letters of words in a sentence

1. Start with a sentence – eg I walked around the gigantic lake on a cold night. You can make up your own sentence.
2. Take the first letters of each word: iwatgloacn
3. Substitute some numbers, symbols, & capital letters, and you get your final password: iW@tG!0aCn

Extra tip: DON’T use a famous quote – use an original sentence of your own.

Four random common words

1. Pick four words that you would not normally put together: stone hamburger blue jogging
2. To remember the words, visualise an image - imagine what a stone hamburger blue jogging might look like!
3. Put the words together: stonehamburgerbluejogging
4. Make some numbers, symbols, capitals substitutions: sT0nehAmburg3rbLuejOgg1ng