{"id":5220,"date":"2012-10-02T14:45:29","date_gmt":"2012-10-02T06:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/exabytes.sg\/blog\/2012\/10\/how-to-make-sure-your-password-is-strong\/"},"modified":"2022-01-28T18:04:58","modified_gmt":"2022-01-28T10:04:58","slug":"how-to-make-sure-your-password-is-strong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/how-to-make-sure-your-password-is-strong\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Make Sure Your Password is Strong?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6624 size-full\" title=\"password-strong\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/password-strong-1.gif?resize=540%2C268&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Is your password strong enough\" width=\"540\" height=\"268\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Having a strong password protects you from cybercrime and at the same time you can have a safer online transaction.<\/p>\n<p>This will ease your workflow and also have a better and enhanced user-experience with other parties.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Is Your Password Strong Enough?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Today we will share some easy tips on how to create a stronger password so that you prevent yourself from all the cyber security vulnerabilities out there.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Length<\/strong>Make your passwords with proper length so you can remember easily. We strongly recommend 12 or more characters.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Complexity<\/strong><br \/>\nInclude alphabets, numbers and special characters (punctuation and symbols).<br \/>\n<strong>Eg<\/strong>: k0mpLeXp@55w0rd+@r3=5@43<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Make sure you utilize all the keys in your keyboard including small letters and capital letters as well.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Variation<\/strong><br \/>\nChange your passwords frequently. Set a reminder to remind yourself to change at least once every 3 months. Make it as a habit would be recommended.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Another golden tips is that AVOID creating passwords that use :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dictionary words<\/li>\n<li>Sequences or repeated numbers: For eg: 123456, 111111, abcdefg<\/li>\n<li>Personal information: Birthday, driver\u2019s license, passport number<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>And last but not least do not tell or share your password to anyone.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Other from that, learn <a href=\"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/how-to-prevent-your-website-being-hacked\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Prevent your Website Being Hacked<\/a> with Exabytes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Having a strong password protects you from cybercrime and at the same time you can have a safer online transaction. This will ease your workflow and also have a better and enhanced user-experience with other parties. Is Your Password Strong Enough? Today we will share some easy tips on how to create a stronger password [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6348,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[262],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5220","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-about-exabytes"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/password-strong.gif?fit=540%2C268&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbHhPQ-1mc","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5220"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22101,"href":"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5220\/revisions\/22101"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.exabytes.sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}