58 www.virtual-teams.eu Don’t use memorable keyboard paths: Patterns like ‘qwerty’ or ‘12345’ are among the first to be guessed by cyber hackers. The methods below give you some good password ideas to create your own strong, memorable passwords. The Revised passphrase method: Choose bizarre and uncommon words. You can use proper nouns, the names of local businesses or historical figures. ParisTurkeyMerciBono The hacker may guess Paris but would find it very challenging to guess a good password like the one above. To make it even more complicated you could add random characters in the middle of your words. The sentence method: The idea of this method is to think of a random sentence and transform it into a password using a rule for example taking the first two letters of each word. “The High Stool is my Favorite Pub in Ireland” ThHiStIsMyFaPuInIr Carry out the following examples above and create your own password. When finished, why not test it with family friends, see if they can guess it. Once you're happy with your password it may be worth searching for a password manager online that you can store all your passwords in incase you forget any because let’s remember it’s not recommended to use the same password for everything.
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