Cybersecurity Awareness Month
Week 2: Passwords
Passwords are a common target for hackers, they go after both business and personal passwords hoping people reuse their passwords across multiple sites.
According to Nordpass, big box office films are popular passwords. In 2022, with the release of their respective films, “Batman” was used 2,562,776 times and “Encanto” 10,808 times. But these popular passwords are also easy for hackers to guess. Using a strong password or a passphrase will help keep you and your data secure.
No matter the account, all passwords should be created with these three words in mind:
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Long — At least 12 characters
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Unique — Never reuse passwords. Each account needs its own unique password
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Complex — Use a combination of upper- and lower-case letters, numbers and special characters. Some websites will even let you include spaces
Passphrases are great because they are easy to remember and hard for hackers to guess or crack. This is because they tend to be longer and more complex than traditional passwords.
Two examples of a passphrase could be: "m0viesPopcornTreat!" or "M@yTHEforceb3withYou".
Rewatch Our Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2022 Favorites
Passwords, love them or hate them, are here for a while. We deal with them in almost every facet of our lives, and they just keep getting longer. We are not going to disagree that they are annoying, but we are here to convince you that they are important.
Below you can revisit some of our Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2022 favorites!
