Create a Strong Password in 3 Easy Steps

A strong password is not only your first line of defense against identity thieves, but it’s also the most important tool to keep burglars away from your online profiles. We have discussed about the importance of strong password in the article titled, “Why Do You Need a Strong Password?”, in this article I am going to show you how you can create strong password in three simple steps. Then you will have a list of strong passwords for however many sites you use, from Facebook to your email to www.O2.co.uk/, and you can surf the web as relaxed as anything, never worrying about having your password cracked too easily!

How to create a strong password

Step 1: Develop a personal algorithm for your passwords. This way you will just have to remember algorithm and not the passwords for each website where you register. Suppose you have developed an algorithm that consists of

• First three consonants of the website for which you are creating a password in capitals
• First four letters from your name in small letters
• Your year of birth
• Three letters from your month of birth in reverse order in capitals
• Add * (asterisk) at the beginning and # (hash) at the end

Let’s say you are setting a password for your Facebook account and your name is Michael, year of birth is 1969, and December is your month of birth. Now according to the algorithm developed in step 1 your password should be: *FCBmich69CED#. Similarly, for gmail your password will be *GMLmich69CED#, and for twitter it will be *TWTmich69CED#, so on and so forth.

Step 2: Use a mixture of capital as well as small letters along with numbers and special characters in your password.

Step 3: Keep your algorithm hidden away from public eye. Do not share it with anyone.

As long as you maintain the secrecy around your password algorithm your password will remain safe, and no matter how hard an identity thief tries he will not succeed in breaking into your account. A personal password algorithm is the best way to create one unique password for each website, which you will never forget.