Today is our last post from our Password series! It’s always important to treat all your passwords with care. It’s essential that you do so because you never know who may want get hold of your password or pass phrase until it’s too late!
- Reveal – Make sure you keep your passwords away from everyone (even family), especially children. You never know who they may accidently tell. You never know who may pass on your password without thinking. The only exception to this is a joint account created with a spouse.
- Protect Recordings – Make sure you store any passwords you’ve written down in a careful place! Never put it in the bin with out shredding and ripping the paper up profusely. If you save them on your computer make sure the file is well hidden and not easily accessible.
- Email – Never give your password out via email. If you’re emailed asking you to go to a website to verify your password it is more than likely to be a phishing scam. Click here to find out more about phishing!
- Regular changes – It is a great idea to regularly change your password, depending on its length. If your password is around 8 characters long then we recommend you change it every couple of weeks. If it is strong and 15 letters long we think it should last for years!
- Control of Computer – We suggest that you should only access profiles and accounts when you’re on your own computer. It can be dangerous to do so in internet cafe’s etc because criminals can easily access previous used passwords using their technical equipment.
We hope that you’ve found the Password Series interesting and helpful! Don’t forget to check out the Microsoft Password Checker to test the strength of your passwords!