Is Your Password Strong Enough?

Is Your Password Strong Enough?

How to make a strong password? - is the question that has been haunting me for too long now (like I believe it must have been worrying all of you - the readers). I have been trying to devise newer passwords for my accounts on the internet every now and then.


Internet security is a huge problem these days. We are beginning to rely more and more on internet in our daily life. So it is a headache for many to devise and use strong passwords.

Here are a few of the rules/tips I have discovered over the years:

a) Variety: Use a variety of characters in your password, from letters and numbers to symbols


b) More Than One Language: If you know another language why not use an unfamiliar (to others) word from that language.


c) Use two or more than two words. Each of them can be from a different language.


d) Always use numbers in your passwords. Care must be taken about adding numbers though. Some of the experts say that if a number is at the end of a password it is very easy to hack however long that password is. So keep the numbers wrapped by letters on both sides.


e) Make a memorable sentence and take the initial, middle or last letters from words in that sentence (better to use them in different combinations) and use them as passwords.


f) Use a group of two or three unrelated words. If this step is used with "a), b) and/or d)" it will deliver a very difficult password.

Things to Remember:

There are a few things to remember:

a) Words from the different language(s), if used, must be easy to remember and take care not to drop them anywhere in your conversation and better still not to use them even in any of your writings.


b) Never write a password. Learn it by heart.


c) Never send a password in email, text or while chatting.

Useful links:

Following are the useful links that will give further insight into the subject.


a) An article from The New York Times. Titled: A Strong Password Isn't The Strongest Security it was published in 2010 but is good on how to make our online accounts secure.


b) Create Strong Passwords (Microsoft.com)


c) Top 5 Strongest Passwords It is a good website overall as well.