What do you know about password?

• You can Change it regularly—once every three to six months.
• You can Change it if you have the slightest suspicion that the password has become known by a human or a machine.
• You should Never use it for other websites.
• You should Avoid typing it on computers that you do not trust; for example, in an Internet café.
• You should Never save it for a web form on a computer that you do not control or that is used by more than one person.
• You should Never tell it to anyone.
• You should Never write it down.

• At least 8 characters—the more characters, the better.
• A mixture of both uppercase and lowercase letters.
• A mixture of letters and numbers.
• Inclusion of at least one special character, e.g., ! @ # ? ]
  Note: do not use < or > in your password, as both can cause problems in Web browsers.

Tips for creating a strong password-

Think of a word or phrase, and then substitute the letters with numbers and special characters and mix the case. For example:

• Icecream and Woodstock becomes IceCream&ws
• In the dog house becomes! nTh3dawgHs
• Let’s have dinner at 8:00 p.m. becomes Lhd@800pm

• Any word that can be found in a dictionary, in any language (e.g., airplane or aeroplano).
• A dictionary word with some letters simply replaced by numbers (e.g., a1rplan3 or aer0plan0).
• A repeated character or a series of characters (e.g., AAAAA or 12345).
• A keyboard series of characters (e.g., qwerty or poiuy).
• Personal information (e.g., birthdays, names of pets or friends, Social Security number, addresses).
• Anything that’s written down and stored somewhere near your computer.