Six golden rules for strong passwords
Waking up to someone asking you for help because their password has been hacked is an unpleasant experience. But such calls are becoming commonplace, not because hackers are becoming smarter (well they are), but because people are stupid enough to keep their passwords simple.
A recently released report from Imperva (http://tinyurl.com/iepasswords) highlights that the most common password used by people is 123456. Moreover, 30 per cent of people use passwords under or equal to six characters, only 60 per cent of them use alpha-numerics and nearly half use slang words, consecutive digits and so on. Thatâs why I have decided to share with you the six golden rules of a good password.