Utilizing strong passwords has become the most important technique used to protect your personal information. Today, passwords are used almost everywhere in the online world and if your are not already, Inclinet highly recommends you become familiar with how to best create a strong password.

A strong password creates a barrier between your information and the those who would like to fraudulently access your information. Hackers today have become sophisticated and the tools they use are incredibly powerful. They utilize automated robots or “bots” programmed to perform multiple “brute force” attacks in an attempt to gain access through a weak password structure. Throughout the world, these robots work tirelessly around the clock, successfully gaining fraudulent access to thousands of websites every day. Hackers are primarily seeking personal information that once accessed, can be used to gain access to your banking or other secure portals for their own financial gain.

To help lock out the hackers, here are a few Password Security Tips that you may find useful.

• Use a password that is 20 digits in length (or more).
• Do not use any word from a dictionary.
• Do not use family or pet names.
• Do not use: your birth date; phone number; postal code; sequential numbers
• Do not use the same or similar passwords for multiple sites.
• Do not use sequential numbers or keyboard letters such as “123456” or “qwerty”
• In your password always use numbers, symbols and both upper and lower case letters.
• Consider changing your password every 3 months.