Secure passwords that are easy to remember

In these blog articles, we have emphasised over and over the importance of using secure passwords for your various online accounts.

And the dangers of using passwords that fall into a standard list or category of password.

So here are some quick tips . . .

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Because really secure passwords are so hard to remember, there has got to be a better way.

Well, there is. Several in fact.

I came across this first idea recently which has the duel benefit of giving your mind positive reinforcement while creating a password much more secure than the average.

Here it is . . .

Use a significant phrase

Something that has meaning to you, so will be easy to remember.

By simple virtue of it’s length, it will tend to be more secure that 1 word passwords.

Try something like – [email protected]

This might be a goal that is important to you, and as such it will be easy to remember.

Here is what makes this password secure:

It’s length – the more characters, the more secure it will be
Capitalising each word throws in more randomness
Adding in some numbers can help
And a random punctuation or other character should be easy to remember

All of these complicate the task of guessing the password manually or by using computer software, while making it relatively easy for you to remember.

There are other options too.