Create Strong Passwords: How to Secure Your Accounts
This page brings together expert advice from Safety Detectives and DocsBot on how to create strong, memorable, and secure passwords for your online accounts. Learn how to strengthen your security habits and keep your data safe.
Video 1 — Safety Detectives: Password Protection Basics
Significance of Strong Passwords
Strong passwords are essential for keeping your accounts secure. They combine uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers, and symbols to protect against brute-force and dictionary attacks.
Password Composition
Avoid predictable patterns and common phrases. Mixing different character types makes your password exponentially stronger. Example: P@ssw0rd!23.
Using the Password Meter Tool
Tools like the Safety Detectives Password Meter help test password strength and customize settings such as length, character variety, and ambiguity filtering.
Benefits of Password Managers
Use password managers like 1Password, Keeper, or Dashlane to securely store and autofill passwords while providing breach alerts and dark web monitoring.
Final Security Recommendations
Always use unique passwords per service, avoid reusing them, and enable two-factor authentication where possible. Combining strong passwords with a manager provides the best defense.
Video 2 — All Things Secured — “How to Create Strong Passwords You Can Easily Remember (3 Strategies)”
Josh from All Thing Secured shares a simple three-step method to create strong and memorable passwords while maintaining good password hygiene and regular updates.
Assess Current Passwords
Check if your passwords are longer than 12 characters, include uppercase, lowercase, numbers, and symbols, and are unique per account. If not, it’s time to strengthen them.
Establish a Password Creation Process
Adopt a consistent method — for example, using a line from a poem or song, modified with unique identifiers for each account. Avoid simple variations and leverage a password manager for extra security.
Secure Password Storage
Instead of writing passwords down, use a password manager to store and sync passwords across devices securely. Access them via a master password that only you know.
Systematic Password Updates
Start by updating passwords for sensitive accounts first, then move to less critical ones. Refresh them every six months to maintain security.
Sources:
Safety Detectives — “How to Create Strong Passwords and Secure Your Accounts”
All Things Secured — “How to Create Strong Passwords You Can Easily Remember (3 Strategies)”