The Password Management Guide - Mohammed Al-Marhoon

This manual is not solely for tech-savvy users. Everyone who is concerned about their information security should be able to follow along easily. So what are you waiting for? Read this guide and start improving your password security.

[...]... similar, but the following table clarifies the main differences between them: Brute Force Dictionary Attack use every possible password use every word in a combination of dictionary of common characters to words to identify the retrieve the password password large number of certain number of password common keys combination time of cracking time of cracking is depends on the depends on the number password. .. feedback after reading 2 Threats Against Your Passwords Similar to what is explained in The Simplest Security: A Guide To Better Password Practices, password cracking is the process of breaking passwords in order to gain unauthorized access to a system or account And password breaching, as defined earlier, is generally the result of password cracking Passwords can be figured out, broken, determined... and almost everything you do online [1.3] In other words passwords are the primary means of authenticating a user (authentication being the process of verifying who somebody is) They provide the first line of defense against unauthorized access to your sensitive data Human memory acts as the safest database – or password manager – for storing all of your passwords You may have a good memory However,... vulnerability worse? The following table shows you the most common mistakes you might be making: Mistake Using a Common Password Example 123456 12345 123456789 password iloveyou the six letters on any row of a keyboard For example, the first six letters on the Risk Evaluation Too risky These are most criminal’s first guesses, so don’t use them top row of the keyboard “qwerty Using a Password that is based... strong password without making any one of these common mistakes? 4 Useful Tips Before discussing the methodologies of how to make a strong and easy-to-remember password, let us have a look at general useful tips which are the cornerstones of any methodology of making a strong password There are many references – on MakeUseOf and the wider Web – that cover this topic Here I am trying to go over the most... Before we go any further, keep in mind the following: The stronger your password, the more protected your account or computer is from being compromised or hacked You should make sure you have a unique and strong password for each of your accounts Indeed, there are many articles and suggestions on how to choose strong and easy-to-remember passwords for your various online accounts Most of these suggestions... required to have a password for credit cards, SIM card(s), social networking sites, forums… again, the list goes on, and each new service may require a password So what are you going to do? For most people the solution is using the same password multiple times, and using something easy to remember like “12345678.” These are both (common) mistakes So what is the solution? 1.3 Why? Passwords are the keys to... accounts Most of these suggestions or methods, if not all of them, agree on the rule of creating passwords based on a mnemonic, such as an easily remembered phrase However, they have some minor differences in the way they combine the useful tips mentioned above by adding some layers of security to make the password stronger Let’s summarize these methods, for easy reference 5.1 Mozilla’s Methodology... passwords to keep your identity safe” The ideas, in a nutshell, are: Pick up a familiar phrase or quote, for example, “May the force be with you” and then abbreviate it by taking the first letter of each word, so it becomes “mtfbwy” Add some special characters on either sides of the word to make it extra strong (like #mtfbwy!) And then associate it with the website by adding a few characters from the. .. their own password for security, is your memory up to the task? For most people memory is not a scalable solution, so if you want to be secure you’re going to need to implement a system for storing your passwords securely This manual aims to provide you with different techniques for creating strong, easy-to-remember passwords for each one of your accounts 1.4 Password Breaching/Cracking Stories A Password . h1" alt="" The Password Management Guide By Mohammed Al-Marhoon, https://www.facebook.com/almarhoon1 Edited by Justin Pot. This manual is the intellectual. Password& apos;s Strength Password Management Techniques Two-Factor Authentication HTTPS: Added Security Password Management Examples How to Protect Your Passwords? Security