The importance of creating strong passwords cannot be understated as this ensures safer transactions online.
Put simply, numbers or characters in sequence or that are repeated, common words from the dictionary, abbreviations, misspelled words or even words spelled backward and most importantly, personal information are easy to decipher by cyber criminals.
So, the thumb of rule when it comes to creating a password is to create a long and complex password. The ideal password should have not only character and numbers but also punctuation and symbols.
Remember not to use characters that you use every day but those you scarcely. Actually, the greater the variety of characters, the more complex the password is to crack. And one must also remember that the ideal length for a secure password is 14 characters.
So, here is a list of steps that will you can apply, in order to obtain a strong password:
#1: First, think of a sentence of about 10 words. Next, take the first letter of all the words in the sentence to form an acronym of 10 letters … the more unusual the better.
#2: Change the case of some letters in the acronym to add complexity to the password you have chosen.
#3: Now add 2 numbers wherever you would like to the acronym to make it 12 characters in all.
#4: Finally, pick a symbol and punctuation mark and add one to the beginning of the acronym and the other at the end to make it 14 characters in all.