10 Online Passwords to Avoid

Don’t Let a Bad Password Cripple You

• Don’t let one bad, repetitive (used among multiple accounts) password lead to someone hacking into many accounts– Differentiate passwords between accounts (especially

social vs. sensitive personal ones i.e. online banking)

– One strong password is better than several weak ones

Don’t Make Your Password Any of These…

• Your partner, child, or pet’s name, possibly followed by a 0 or 1

• The last 4 digits of your social security number

• 123 or 1234 or 123456

• “Password”

• Your city, college, or sports team name

…Or These

6. Date of birth – yours, your partner’s or your child’s

7. “God”

8. “Letmein”

9. “Money”

10. “Love”

So, Have You Used These?

• About a fifth of you are probably realizing you use these types of passwords– Don’t worry, we all do at some point

• If this is the case, change your passwords ASAP

• If you’ve been using a generally weak password, change them fast

Do You Have a Backup Plan?

• Whether it’s before, during, or after changing your password, also establish a really good backup plan

• Backups prevent against any single point of failure including:– Accidental deletion– Account hack– Server downtime– Missing documents during eDiscovery