What types of passwords are strongest and most secure?
When you create a password, don’t use personal information such as your name, address or birth date; a spouse or significant other’s name; children’s names and/or birth dates; pet’s name; favorite sports team; mother’s maiden name; or town where you grew up. It is a good idea to combine numbers and letters when creating a password. Use a word or phrase with meaning for you (so that it will be easy to remember), but mix in numbers and capital letters to increase the security of the password. Examples of phrases: “Yankee Doodle went to town” could be expressed in a password as: Ydwt4t “I love Paris in the springtime” could be expressed in a password as: iLP1nST Examples of words: “artworks” could be expressed in a password as: 1rtWork6 “ding dong” could be expressed in a password as: D1ngd0ng Please Note: These examples are intended to provide you with some ideas about how to create a password. You should not copy any of them when you create your password. To create your personal passwor
