How to set a strong password.

We now know that "Mother Name" "Father Name" "password", "iloveyou" and "123456" are some of the most common passwords in use. If you are still using a similarly weak password, it's time to change to one that's so secure and unguessable that it stumps even the cleverest of computers, robots and devious humans. Here are a few tips to creating a secure and memorable password:

The key aspects of a strong password are length (the longer the better); a mix of letters (upper and lower case), numbers, and symbols; with no ties to your personal information, and no dictionary words. The good news is you don’t have to memorize awful strings of random letters numbers and symbols in order to incorporate all of these aspects into your passwords; you simply need a few skills.

A strong password:

 Use length to your advantage. Create a password that has eight or more characters since this is usually the minimum for most password requirements. The longer the password the more secure it is likely to be. 

Form a "random" sequence of words and/or letters. Create a phrase or series of letter that is seemingly "random" but is easy to remember. Call this your "base-word."

• Example: My company services are web development, bulksms, software development , so my base-word becomes "websmsdev".
• Example: My first house was on Delhir Highway becomes "houseindelhi".

Add numbers to the base-word to make it more secure.

• Example: Add the ages of the name to the end making it "nikhil22191612".
• Example: Add the house number to the end of the base-word to create "houseindelhi1500".

Use punctuation and symbols to "complicate" it further.

• Example: Add random punctuation to create "nikhil_22191612".
• Example: Add a symbol to the word to make "houseindelhi#1500".

 Create complexity with upper and lowercase letters.

• Example: Take advantage of adding capital letter to create "NiKhIl22191612".
• Example: Add the house number to the end of the base-word to create "houseindelhi1500".

Generate similar but altered passwords. Use the same or similar base-words to help you remember your passwords easily without making them "too" easy to crack.

• Example: "NiKhIl_22191612" can become "mynameNiKhIl-90807060" or "12161922*NiKhIl".
• Example: "houseindelhi1#1500" can become "1500*myfirstHouseindelhi" or "***15HouseinDelhi00".