Password Best Practice: Do’s and Don’ts

• Do: Be creative.
• Do: Use the license plate rule
• Do: Use phonetic replacements:

            ‘Luv2LafF’ for ‘Love to Laugh’ or ‘Phunnyb0n3′ for ‘Funny bone’.

• Do: Include similar looking substitutions, such as the number zero for the letter ‘O’ or $ for the letter ‘S’, 1 for ‘L’, etc.

• Don’t: Write your password down or disclose it to anyone.
• Don’t: Use a password that you have used elsewhere.
• Don’t: Include commonly known information about yourself in your password.
• Don’t: Use a password that is listed as an example of how to pick a good password.