Go to the Doctor

You have to consider changing your passwords like doing a task that has to be done like going to the doctor for a check-up. Every now and again you have to change your password to maintain the health of your accounts online. Despite the crucial need to constantly change your passwords, the majority of people online do not change their passwords at all. Not only do some people not change their passwords, they choose incredibly weak passwords. Earlier this year, a popular site was breached and their users’ passwords were posted online. In an analysis of these passwords some of the most common passwords used were ‘123456’, ‘Password’, and ‘iloveyou’. Keep in mind as the good guys (us) keeping on getting smarter about security, the bad guys are getting equally as smart.

On our end we do our best to secure your account at Future Hosting, but you could give us some assistance to habitually change your passwords. Here internally at Future Hosting we change our passwords frequently, and we suggest you do the same.

Here are some guidelines to have a strong password:

•Use a random password generator (I recommend the one at The BitMill Inc.  – http://www.thebitmill.com/tools/password.html)
•Use as many characters as possible and mix them between numbers and letters (and possibly special characters if allowed)
•Make sure to use non-dictionary words, because those are the easiest to brute force attack (you can check to make sure at dictionary.com)

NEVER do these:

•Share your password with co-workers, friends, or family
•Write down your password on a note and attach it to your monitor
•Use a common password (http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2113976,00.asp)

Now go change your password!!!