Password Security Tips

Technology can be a risk, especially when it involves your password. You hear about all of the hack attempts on the large corporations, but you don’t hear about the every day person that get’s targeted by a cyber attack. Simply visiting a website could enable your attacker access to your computer. This should push you to protect your most valuable asset, your password! Don’t give the hackers an easy target by not following the simple tips on improving your password.

Improve Your Password

1. Change your password every 30-45 days.
2. Choose a password between 8-16 characters.
3. Use at least two special characters (!@#$%^&*) randomly within your password
4. Avoid using family or pet names, dates or common phrases within your password.
5. Never reuse or repeat a password across accounts.

Stay Away from COMMON Passwords

Protect yourself (and your company) by making sure you’re not using one of the top 25 most commonly stolen passwords of 2017, as determined by IT security firm SplashData.

1. 123456
2. password
3. 12345678
4. qwerty
5. 12345
6. 123456789
7. letmein
8. 1234567
9. football
10. iloveyou
11. admin
12. welcome
13. monkey
14. login
15. abc123
16. starwars
17. 123123
18. dragon
19. passw0rd
20. master
21. hello
22. freedom
23. whatever
24. qazwsk
25. trustno1