Common Sense Password Picking Tips

The important key thing to remember about any password is to keep it easy to remember, but hard to guess.  It might be overlooked by some, but having a good password can mean a lot when it comes to web site security.  Hackers can often guess your password if it is a person, place or thing in the dictionary – even with trailing numbers or letters.

The best password advice I can give to you would be:

• Use Several Capital Letters
• Use Some Symbols (if allowed)
• Toss a Few Numbers in There
• Also Use Some Lower-case Letters Too

Let’s do a little test.  Which one of these password do you think would be more guessable by a hacker.

password1234 or 6Pa55W0r|>9

The second one of course, silly. 

Now how you store your password is just as important as the password itself.  Never write down the password and keep it in plain sight.  Jotting it down on a sticky note and then putting your password on your monitor is about as logical as using the 12345 as a password.

So there you have my general password advice I think everybody should use and follow.  Picking a good password is not hard to do.  When you stop and think about it, common sense goes a long way when security comes to mind.