Over the last several months, we have seen an increase in the number of attacks on user accounts. Having a strong password is the first important step for ensuring that your account is secure. How to implement a strong password?
- They should be at least 8 alphanumeric characters.
- Passwords should contain numbers, characters, and symbols if possible.
- Passwords should change periodically, recommend once every 6 months.
- Avoid passwords like repeated words, dictionary words, sequences number or letter (on keyboards), same with usernames, use only 1 password for other accounts or personal information like birthday date, or car plate numbers.
Example of weak passwords:
admin, password, test, test123, 123456, asdfghjkl.
Example of strong passwords:
fiph2pdmq9!e, 9f2ohspm32h0s.
Compare both type of passwords above, you will notice, the weak passwords can be easily guessed. With strong passwords, attackers will probably need to take years to guess the passwords.
However, strong passwords are still vulnerable to attacks like phishing, brute forcing, social engineering, and so on.
The accounts protected by your passwords often contain your private information, important data, and probably emails which are private and confidential, so it is a great impact to you or your organization when your accounts get compromised.
If you notice any suspicious activities that someone may have access without authorization to your accounts, please contact us at support@exabytes.com immediately.
When was the last time you changed your password? ? If it has been a while, we suggest you change it now.
