Password strength

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Password Strength: is a measurement of the effectiveness of a password as an authentication credential.

Password is the key used to access personal information stored on your computer online accounts or other electronic devices. To avoid violation of confidential information strong password can be created to keep personal and sensible accounts well protected. Usually, a strong password is a lengthy random string of characters. Each character added increases the protection. Currently, 8 or more characters in length are the standard; 14 characters or longer is ideal.

In some instances it is possible to use the space bar, which can give the possibility of creating phrases made of many words (called pass phrase).  This in turn offers a much easier way to remember long and hard passwords. Another characteristic of a strong password is the combination of letters, numbers, and symbols. The more variety of characters the harder to guess.   Complexity can be added by mixing uppercase and lowercase letters and numbers. It is valuable to use some letter swapping or misspellings as well.