Securing Your Online Accounts

Whether it's email, social media, a bank account, or an online shop, our online accounts are valuable to us - and to criminals.

It's easy to protect our accounts with just a few basic steps - passwords don't have to be hard to remember! A few simple tricks will make any password easy to remember, whilst a quick review of your account settings can make it harder still for hackers to break in.

1) Choose a great password

We hear the following advice all the time but it really is what makes a good password:

Use a minimum of 8 characters;
Be as random as possible;
Use different passwords on every site.

Use a minimum of 8 characters;
Be as random as possible;
Use different passwords on every site.

Creating a strong password that is easy to remember is simpler than you might think - see our guides below:

12 great password ideas

Ideas to make passwords unique

Using Password Managers

2) Review account settings

Protect your passwords - don't make it easy for hackers

Your account settings also play a huge role in helping to keep your accounts secure:

Use "2 Factor Authentication" if available;
Make security answers hard to guess;
Keep your passwords safe.

Use "2 Factor Authentication" if available;
Make security answers hard to guess;
Keep your passwords safe.

Reviewing your settings on each website only takes a few minutes, but can save hours of hassle by keeping hackers out.

How to add 2 Factor Authentication (2FA)

Other account settings

How to keep passwords safe

Want to get technical?

If you want to get technical & learn how hackers get passwords, why they need to be long and complex, and how websites store them, then you can learn all about this here.

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1) Choose a great password

1) Choose a great password

2) Review your account settings

2) Review account settings

Want to get technical?