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However, security experts claimed that this idea is not true. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) said that if people want to protect their accounts by creating strong passwords, they need three random words.
NCSC, a part of the U.S. Government Communications Headquarters, releases their new findings in a new blog post. The government security agency said that enforcing complexity requirements for passwords is a poor defense strategy against hackers and other online criminals.
"Our minds struggle to remember random character strings, so we use predictable patterns (such as replacing the letter 'o' with a zero) to meet the required 'complexity' criteria," added NCSC.
How To Create a Strong Password
According to The Guardian's latest report, security experts claimed that complex passwords are not that efficient when it comes to protecting user accounts. They added that instead of preventing these cyber attackers, complex variants might be even more guessable.
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On the other hand, security researchers explained that passwords with three random words are quite efficient since cybercriminals will hard predict them. Aside from this, consumers would also find it easy to remember three-random-word passwords.
Although their new idea seems a little unusual, NCSC still provided the reason behind this new claim. They explained that the use of complex passwords is now very common. This is the main reason why hackers now find it easy to acquire these not-so-simple passwords since most individuals are now using them to secure their accounts.
In other news, Google Search History received a new tool as an additional protection feature. Meanwhile, Apple Safari 14.1.2 update offers new security enhancements for macOS Catalina and Mojave specs.
Other Methods To Enhance Passwords
Aside from using the new three-random-word method, there are also other ways you could try to improve your account passwords. Norton US provided some of them:
- Avoid writing them down
- Change your password regularly
- Never use your birth date or other personal details
- Use words or phrases that you can easily modify and remember
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Written by: Griffin Davis
