{"id":18938,"date":"2022-10-12T10:41:35","date_gmt":"2022-10-12T10:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/easydmarc.com\/blog\/?p=18938"},"modified":"2025-03-06T13:40:25","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T13:40:25","slug":"have-a-more-secure-account-by-creating-strong-passwords","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/easydmarc.com\/blog\/have-a-more-secure-account-by-creating-strong-passwords\/","title":{"rendered":"Password Best Practices \u2013 How to Create A Strong Password: Module 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

A strong password is a good step forward in protecting your personal and business information. Ensuring that your organization has the <\/span>best password practices<\/b> and enforcing them is essential for the protection of each employee and overall security.<\/span><\/p>\n

This article combines a few helpful tips to create a strong and unique password and secure your personal and work accounts. So, consider this a quick guide on defending yourself from intruders and imposters.<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Create a Strong Password\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n

The strength of a password is a combination of its length, randomness, and character combinations. Security experts suggest making passwords of at least 12 characters long. However, one containing eight characters is also an excellent start.<\/span><\/p>\n

One of the most secure\u00a0<\/span>password best practices<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0is using a collection of random words, sprinkling upper case letter(s), numbers, and symbols. You can pick a line from a song to make it fun and easier to remember. Statistically, it\u2019s super hard to guess.<\/span><\/p>\n

2. Never Use Personal Information to Build a Password<\/b><\/h2>\n

Avoid using your or your children\u2019s names, nicknames, street name, any memorable dates, or publicly available information. Also, best password practices never include common and easy-to-guess words or phrases such as \u201cpassword\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

3. Don\u2019t Reuse Your Passwords<\/b><\/h2>\n

This is one of the worst mistakes people make. Best password practices forbid reusing passwords, especially weak ones. This approach puts you at risk of losing more than one login credential. Losing access to a few work-related accounts might put your organization at risk of <\/span>impersonation attack<\/span><\/a> with larger <\/span>BEC<\/span><\/a> implications.<\/span><\/p>\n

You might think that choosing a \u201croot\u201d password and adding various characters is a good solution, but it\u2019s not. While it makes the password harder to guess, it\u2019s still a time bomb ready to explode.<\/span><\/p>\n

5. Activate Two- or Multifactor Authentication<\/b><\/h2>\n

Password policy best practices<\/b> for organizations always call for integrating multifactor authentication where possible. Two-factor authentication is the light version, but it still makes \u201cbreaking and entering\u201d harder (sometimes even impossible). Even if a hacker uncovers the main password, the second and third authentication mechanisms are harder to obtain. Find out more about multifactor authentication here.<\/span><\/p>\n

More Password Creation Best Practices<\/b><\/h2>\n
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  1. Don\u2019t write your password on a piece of paper and put it in a visible place<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Never share your password with anyone, even if it\u2019s a matter of urgency<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Avoid giving out personal information even on security questions<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Bonus Tip: How to Remember Difficult Passwords<\/b><\/h2>\n

    Password policy best practices<\/b> in organizations should enforce the use of password managers. However, not all employees use them, thus creating the need to memorize the strong passwords. If you don\u2019t use a password manager, we recommend making a password that has a vivid association with something you remember well.<\/span><\/p>\n

    You can make an acronym of an easy-to-remember phrase and insert symbols, glyphs, and numbers for enhanced security.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Conclusion<\/b><\/h2>\n

    This is the third module on protecting your devices from cyberattacks. To navigate to other articles in the series, click one of the links below:<\/span><\/p>\n