It’s a dangerous Internet out there!
One of the first lines of defense we have to protect our precious personal information is the passwords we use to connect to our bank accounts, credit accounts, shopping sites, Facebook, Twitter, and everything else we do online. In some cases, our username and password are the only line of defense.
There are three things you need to know about passwords. First, that they need to be as strong and hard to guess as possible. Second, the characteristics of passwords are hard to guess, and finally, how to remember and use hard to guess passwords.
Strong Passwords
To keep our information and property as safe as possible, we need good, strong passwords. Many sites enforce password policies that require a minimum length and force certain types of characters like numbers, symbols, and both upper and lower case letters.