Four steps to a memorable yet uncrackable password.

Having a strong, hard-to-guess password is the cornerstone of protecting your organization's information and social media presence online. In this video, Marcos shares with us his 4 step process to creating a strong, unique yet memorable password for each of the online accounts he creates.

  • Step 1: Create a number by counting the number of letters in the website's domain name, then multiplying that number by 4, and subtracting 5.
  • Step 2: Think of one of your favorite movie quotes. Take the first letter from each word in that phrase and use it as an acronym in lowercase letters, (e.g. I'll be back becomes ibb).
  • Step 3: Look at the type of domain it is and translate that into a special character. For instance, all .org websites would be translated into an underscore.
  • Step 4: Finally, take the vowels from the name of the website, and list them at the end of the password in all caps, (e.g., google.com would become OOEO).
Although it's complicated, if you stick to the same formula each time you create a password, you can always reconstruct the password for a website -- even if you forget what the password was! And, because this formula creates a password with a combination of uppercase and lowercase letters and special characters, it will be virtually impossible for someone to hack your accounts online.

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