GUIDELINES TO  BE FOLLOWED INORDER TO FRAME  ‘STRONG ANSWERS’:

Will you leave the doors and windows of your house open all the time? Obviously no! On the other hand, you will take extra care to get your home secured. Passwords - the doorstep to computers - deserve the same sense of security.

Pay attention to the following to keep your password safe and secure.

• Never reveal your password to others - not even to your friends.
• Never write your password down. You may not be the only one referencing it!
• Never write your password down. You may not be the only one referencing it!

The Do's and Don'ts of creating a strong password:

Do's

• Follow all the password policies set by your administrator.
• Let your password be a mix of capital and lower case letters.
• Let your password be a proper mix of alphabets and numerals, if possible, special characters.

Don'ts

• Don't use keyboard patterns, such as asdf, qwerty, 12345..., for making passwords.
• Don't repeat your previous passwords.
• Don't duplicate characters, for example, dddd2222.