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THINGS YOU SHOULD THINK BEFORE CHOOSING PASSWORD

Is your password secure?

In today’s world data is a new oil. A Professional IT man knows the value of your data. Nowadays to choosing a password isn’t less than a responsibility to protect yourself.

PROBLEM:  How to choose a secure password?

Many people use public information in their password which make it very easy to guess for someone who wants to get access of your accounts or database. 

What is meant by public information here?

Many people’s have these factors in their passwords which make it easy to guess because it may  be publicly available on your social media or somewhere in the database

•          Their names
•          Their names initials
•          Their parent’s name
•          Their Family member’s name
•          Their Girlfriend/Boyfriend Name
•          Number Like 1234
•          Their Phone number
•          Their Phone number’s Last or starting few digits
•          Their Birthdate
•          Their Birth Year
•          Their Gmail username
•          Their social media username
•       A special character (mostly  @ # $ *)

For Example  :     ronny1209  ,   pragti@1994  , albert123 , ds123

An attacker might easily can guess your passwords.

Ever heard “Don’t use the same password for many sites”. Is it necessary?

Yes, It is necessary because data is rapidly becoming one of the most valuable assets in  modern words. Data Breaches impact millions of people. Data Beaches are the leaked data base of a particular website or company which contains details like username, emails, passwords, IP addresses, credit card details, etc.

If an attacker gets information about your  password  for any other site , He  can use that password or guess similar passwords and probably can get access into your account.

 

SOLUTION:  Tips to stay protected

 Two main characteristics of an ideal password is

·         Difficulty of guessing

·         Easy to remember  

Tips -

1.      Do not use  Public information as your passwords

2.      Do not use the same password  for all accounts

3.      Change your password periodically

4.      Enable two-factor authentication service

5.      Your password should be case  sensitive i.e  “PASSWORD” and “password” are two different words

6.      Use uppercase, lowercase, special character, spaces, and number in your password example: pOG%^190op)

7.       Choose a password that you can remember

How to Create a strong memorable password?

It is not that much difficult. Just create a password with the above tips in mind.

Choose a quote, song  lyrics, poem lines or anything else which you can remember. Think any related number like your age, the sum of your date of birth, your school percentage, etc

Now create a password 

• Quote: Practice makes man better (we will take initials from it)
• Number: 24*7 (Easy to remember)
• Special Symbol: # (choose one or two and use it at beginning or at end of a password )

Generated password may be: pMMB#24*7, 24*7pmMb#, 7*3*7#pmmb  

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