Good discussion on Password Security

Our own Carnegie Mellon’s Security and Privacy Institute tested a group of people to determine their understanding of what makes a strong password. Naked Security’s ArticleNaked Security’s Article posted yesterday discusses this and the main thing that I took from the article is the following:

CyLab’s respondents knew passwords are more secure when you:

• Capitalize the middle of words rather than the beginning
• Place digits and symbols in the middle rather than the end
• Use random digit sequences instead of obvious ones, like years
• Choose words other than common first names
• Avoid words that are personal to you, like your child’s name
• Avoid words that are obviously related to the site or account you’re trying to protect

So when you are creating a new password to secure a site you may want to take direction from above.

Here is a video from Naked Security on how to pick a proper password: