How to Create a Strong Password … and Password Mistakes to Avoid

Do you know how to create a strong password? Passwords are a pain to create and a pain to remember, but they’re crucial for staying safe online. In this video, TechSesh Founder Jessica Naziri highlights four of the biggest password mistakes and then teaches you how to create a strong password.

4 Tips for Creating Strong Passwords:
• Use two-factor authentication
• Use a password that a friend or family member could not guess in 20 tries
• Combine upper- and lower-case letters, nonsequential numbers and special
characters
• Go beyond the minimum character count

Watch the video to learn more about how to create strong passwords that keep hackers out of your accounts and devices. You can also learn from (or laugh about) some of the most common passwords that people use…but shouldn’t be.

Watch the video and check out these additional mobile phone security tips from CompTIA:
• Passwords Are a Pain – But They Are Critical to IT Security: s.comptia.org/36Mny32
• How to Detect Phishing Attacks: s.comptia.org/32r8CDV
• What Does a Phishing Email Look Like: s.comptia.org/2K31MOW

And watch more from Jessica Naziri: youtube.com/user/TheJESSICANAZIRI