SOURCE URL:

Google: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/9094506

SDSU: https://it.sdsu.edu/sdsuid/faq.aspx

SDSU Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iliDx-08hA

Password Strenght Tester: https://password.kaspersky.com/

Create a strong password

1. Keep your personal info safe
   
2. Protect your emails, files, and other content
   
3. Prevent someone else from getting in to your account
   

1. The campus requires you change your password every 365 days. 
   
2. Password must contain at least 10 characters.
   
3. Passwords must contain characters from 3 of the following 5 categories:
   
1. Uppercase characters of European languages (A through Z, with diacritic marks, Greek and Cyrillic characters)
   
2. Lowercase characters of European languages (a through z, sharp-s, with diacritic marks, Greek and Cyrillic characters)
   
3. Base 10 digits (0 through 9)
   
4. Non-alphanumeric characters: ~ ! @ # $ % ^  * _ - + =  | \ ( ) { } [ ] : ;  , . ? /
   
5. Any Unicode character that is categorized as an alphabetic character but is not uppercase or lowercase. This includes Unicode characters from Asian languages.
   
4. Passwords must not contain the user's logon ID, first name, middle name, or last name.
   
1. Logon ID is the base of the SDSUid
   
1. Example:
   

1. Use a different password for each of your important accounts, like your email and online banking.
   
2. Reusing passwords for important accounts is risky. If someone gets your password for one account, they could access your email, address, and even your money.
   
3. If you have multiple accounts of the same type, such as for work, personal, banking, school and so on, consider using a theme to remember which password go with the account type.
   

Example of Themes: 

1. Work passwords could be places you been
   
2. Banking passwords could be combinations and abbreviations events in your life
   
3. School passwords could be memorable phrases. 
   

1. A lyric from a song or poem
   
2. A meaningful quote from a movie or speech
   
3. A passage from a book
   
4. A series of words that are meaningful to you
   
5. An abbreviation: Make a password from the first letter of each word in a sentence
   

1. People who know you
   
2. Anything on your social media
   
3. Public Information (ex. employee information, directory information, birth record, death record, Marriage record, addresses, property records,... )
   

Use letters, numbers & symbols

1. Uppercase (capital) letters. Examples: A, E, R
   
2. Lowercase (small) letters. Examples: a, e, r
   
3. Numbers. Examples: 2, 6, 7
   
4. Symbols and special characters. Examples: ! @ & *
   

1. Replace letters with numbers & symbols: Choose a word or phrase and use numbers and symbols instead of some letters. Examples:
   
1. "Spooky Halloween" becomes "sPo0kyH@ll0w3En"
   
2. "Later gator" becomes "L8rg@+0R"
   
2. Abbreviate a sentence: Come up with a sentence and use the first letter of each word. Example:
   
1. "Uncle Peter always ate chocolate-covered everything" becomes "uP@8cCe!" 
   

Avoid choosing passwords that could be guessed by:

1. Your nickname or initials
   
2. The name of your child or pet
   
3. Important birthdays or years
   
4. The name of your street
   
5. Numbers from your address
   
6. People who know you
   
7. Anything on your social media
   
8. Public Information (ex. employee information, directory information, birth record, death record, Marriage record, addresses, property records,... )
   
9. Don’t use common words & patterns
   

Avoid simple words, phrases, and patterns that are easy to guess. Examples:

1. Obvious words and phrases like "password" or "letmein"
   
2. Sequences like "abcd" or "1234"
   
3. Keyboard patterns like "qwerty" or "qazwsx"
   
4. Default passwords for the organization
   

Keep passwords secure

1. Hide written passwords
   
2. If you need to write your password down, don’t leave it on your computer, desk, or under the keyboard or monitor. Make sure any written passwords are stored somewhere that’s secret or locked.