Sunday 2 March 2014

Password is the combination of the letters, numbers or characters that are meant for the protection of the important things, documents etc. It is the key for the valuable things for the protection from the unauthorized persons. The main challenge in this era of information technology is protection. The password helps in the protection of many things like your computer system, social network accounts, emails, e-banking etc. Hence the password must be strong enough so that any other third person can't use your account for his own benefit and due to such reasons cyber crime occurs. Password is the main key that helps to protect any system and application. Hence using the weak password is very dangerous in the sense that it will make the hackers easy to crack your password and make access to your system. So here are some tips that you can follow to make a strong password so that it will be difficult to guess and crack the password.
  1. Use more than 8 characters in your password.
  2. Use combination of capital and small letters.
  3. Also use numbers and special characters in your password.
  4. Don't use simple words as password than
    can be easily guessed. Use some tricks like using zero '0' instead of 'o'.
     5. Don't use the dictionary words as hackers use random words to crack password
Some tips: 
  • Don't share your password with others like friends, family etc.
  • Change your password regularly time and again.
  • Don't note down the password in unsecure places like diary, wallet.
  • If you want to note down then use some personal code method to note password so that other cannot understand them.
  • Don't use the automatic log in, save password etc in the browsers.
  • Don't make same passwords for all accounts. Make different but similar passwords if you feel confusion.
  • Remember to log out your account or profile after you finish the work.
  • Donot click the unknown links and spam emails, they may be the hacking attempts.

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