Making a Strong Password
It's important to use strong passwords for all accounts and not just for online banking and other financial transactions. There are many ways you can use to create and remember strong passwords that avoid obvious patterns and words.
Summary
Besides making a strong password to secure your accounts, changing your password every few months will also help keep your accounts secure.
It's important to use strong passwords for all accounts and not just for online banking and other financial transactions. There are many ways you can use to create and remember strong passwords that avoid obvious patterns and words.
- CREATE A SENTENCE - Think of a phrase or sentence that will be easy to remember. This will be the base for your password. The longer your phrase, the more secure your password will be.
- USE AN ACRONYM - Take the first letter of each word in your sentence to start making your password.
- CAPITALIZE - Take all the letters that occur in the last half of the alphabet and capitalize them.
- ADD NUMBERS - Then, add memorable numbers throughout your password, but don't use numbers that could easily be figured out by a hacker, like your birthday or address.
- ADD SYMBOLS AND PUNCTUATION - Finally, add a symbol, like an "@" or an asterisk(*) to the beginning of your password. Then add a punctuation mark, like an exclamation point(!) or underscore(_), to the end.
Summary
Besides making a strong password to secure your accounts, changing your password every few months will also help keep your accounts secure.