{"id":688,"date":"2021-05-09T11:16:58","date_gmt":"2021-05-08T23:16:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iconit.co.nz\/?p=688"},"modified":"2021-05-09T12:17:06","modified_gmt":"2021-05-09T00:17:06","slug":"how-do-i-make-a-decent-password","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iconit.co.nz\/index.php\/2021\/05\/09\/how-do-i-make-a-decent-password\/","title":{"rendered":"How do I make a decent password?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
During our Phishing Education and Training<\/a> sessions, we cover off passwords. Far too many people have simple passwords, or just change the number at the end of \u2018Mary123\u2019 to become \u2018Mary124\u2019. It\u2019s a question often asked, \u201cHow do I make a decent password?\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I hate to think how many times I\u2019ve been in an organisation, and you can work out how long someone has been working there by the number at the end of their password. Generally, in a larger company, passwords are required to be changed every 3 months, and so Joe over in Accounts is now up to \u2018Brook12\u2019 as his password. Brook is his daughter\u2019s name and 12 is the amount of times he\u2019s changed his password.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It\u2019s all bad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n No person\u2019s name should ever be used in a password. There are companies out there trolling social media channels, looking for exactly this information. For example, you see some random Facebook post that says something along the lines of, \u201cEnter your first child\u2019s name and your favourite dessert to see what your porn star name would be\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For a bit of fun, you enter \u2018Brooktiramisu\u2019 and share it with your friends. That scam Facebook page now has some valuable info about you, with potentially two things you might use in a password. If Brook is an only child then it\u2019s even easier to have a go at any passwords you might have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So never, ever use anyone\u2019s name in a password, that\u2019s the first rule. You should also never use any year, that\u2019s Golden Rule 2. Using any year in a password is far too easy to crack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Of course, it goes without saying to never use the word \u2018password\u2019 in a password \u2013 and yet people still do. When statistics are shown for the most common passwords<\/a>, \u2018password\u2019 is always right up there, if not at the top of the list. That\u2019s along with 123456. You might as well just give the scammer your money and data right now.<\/p>\n\n\n\nPassword no-nos<\/h2>\n\n\n\n