Using weak passwords is becoming a norm now. It can have disastrous effects for both the employees and the company. And with the increasing security breaches in SaaS businesses it becomes imperative to protect your digital identity by choosing a strong password. This presentation explores various best practices and concepts which you can use to set strong passwords while still remembering them. And if you want to go a step further and don't want to remember passwords, you can use Single Sign-On system like SmartSignin which also ensures complete security and privacy of your credentials.

1. BLOG
How to Select a Strong Password Without
Forgetting It?
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2. 3 Major Characteristics of a Password
 Length of the password
 Unpredictability
 Complexity
Above mentioned characteristics
increases security of the password
but also makes it difficult for the user
to remember them.
With the task of maintaining multiple
passwords this problem escalates
further and gives rise to Password
Fatigue, leading to poor security.
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3. Few Best Practices To Keep In Mind
 Do not use personal information like birthdays, home address, phone number etc. in your password.
 Avoid using common words from dictionary. Dictionary attack is a common method to crack password
 Change the default password if any.
 Do not use repeated words like ‘johnjohn’ or ‘kittenkitten’.
 Password should be of at least 8 characters. Lengthier the password more difficult it is to crack.
 Password should always contain a mix of upper case, lower case, numbers and special characters.
 Change your password often. Strong password policy is necessary to uphold security.
 Don't give out your password at any suspicious or unsolicited places.
 Always set different passwords for different applications.
 Never write down your password or share it with someone else. If required, write down a hint.
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4. HOW TO SET DIFFICULT PASSWORDS ? (5
Concepts)
Use Phrases
Add Service Name
Keyboard Patterns
^-^
Use Padding
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Use Numbers
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5. Make Use of the Phrases
Select any of the common, easy to
remember phrase and use the first letter
of each word to make a password. For
example:
If you select a shorter phrase you can
add numbers and special characters to
make it longer and complex..
You can lead a horse to water - Yclahtw
A fool and his money are soon parted - Afahmasp
Barking up the wrong tree - Butwt
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6. Use Complicated Keyboard Patterns
Select a particular pattern on the keyboard
to form a password. For example:
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Press 2nd key from right and left end of
the keyboard from particular rows and
then similarly the 5th key. This can
generate a password like 1*a64=c/
Do not use a simple keyboard pattern
like ‘qwerty’ or ‘zxcvbnm’ or ‘12345’ as
these are easy to crack.
Selecting a letter on the keyboard like ‘d’
and typing all the surrounding letters in
clockwise or anti-clockwise direction
with a mix of uppercase and lower case
letters can form ‘serfcx’ or ‘SerFcX’
which can be further strengthened like
‘SerFcX13@#’
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7. Add the Name of the Service
You can add name of the service to
Further replace some of the letters with
your password to make it lengthier.
special characters to make it complicated.
You can lead a horse to water –
You can lead a horse to water –
Yclahtw or YclahtwGmail
Yclahtw or YclahtwGm@iL
A fool and his money are soon parted –
A fool and his money are soon parted
Afahmasp or AfahmaspYahoo
Afahmasp or AfahmaspYah()()
Barking up the wrong tree –
Barking up the wrong tree –
Butwt or ButwtFacebook
Butwt or ButwtFaceb##k
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8. Use Padding
You can use a combination of special
characters in between your base phrase
to make it complicated. For example,
If your password is ‘Yclahtw’ taken from
the phrase ‘You can lead a horse to water’
then you can add combinations like ‘<->’
or ‘^-^’ or ‘|**|’ anywhere in the base
phrase to make it lengthier and
complicated like
‘Yc<->laht|**|w’
Come up with your own combinations
and make your password complicated.
^-^
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9. Replace Vowels with Numbers
You can select a base phrase and
replace all its vowels with numbers.
Each vowel can be replaced with a
particular number which will make it
easy for you to remember and will also
make use of different characters.
Use Leetspeak as your guide. For
instance, "a" becomes "4" and "e"
becomes "3".
For example, ‘Yclahtw’ will be changed
to ‘Ycl5htw’ where letter ‘a’ is
replaced with ‘5’.
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10. Helpful Tools
Never use these common passwords
Check the strength of
your password using The
Password Meter
You can generate a random
strong password by using
Strong Password
Generator.
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11. What’s The Problem?
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Not everyone can set complex passwords and
still remember it. The solution to not
remembering numerous passwords is to use
a Single Sign-On solution which lets you add
all your applications in a single dashboard
which can then be accessed with a single
click.
Now go on and set strong passwords
for your accounts and don’t forget to
look at SmartSignin in case you want
to avoid the hassle of re-typing the
passwords repeatedly.
Read this white paper on Single Sign-On to
learn more.
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Weak passwords, password sharing and
absence of password policy in the
company can lead to disastrous situations.
It can degrade the reputation of the
company or can cost an employee its job.
Read more on how to avoid it.
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12. To understand the presentation in depth read the following article –
How To Select a Strong Password Without Forgetting It?
About SmartSignin
SmartSignin is a Single Sign-On and Identity & Access Management suite that helps in managing the online
identities and the access of employees, customers and partners to the company resources. SmartSignin is a
product of PerfectCloud Corp.
Being an Identity Management service provider, SmartSignin works on a unique patent-pending SmartKey
algorithm which allows users to manage their own decryption keys for their critical data. This architecture
provides users with complete security and privacy. To know more:
Visit SmartSignin Website.
If you have any queries or feedback, contact us by filling up the form on the following link
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