Protecting Your Web Accounts

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

We can easily protect our accounts though with just a few basic steps. Knowing a few simple tricks will make any password easy to remember, whilst a quick review of your account settings can make it even harder still for hackers to break in.

1) Choose great passwords

We hear the following advice all the time but it really is the key to a good password:

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

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

Creating great passwords is easier than you might think - and some of the best can even be the easiest to remember.

14 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 Step Verification" if available;
Make security answers hard to guess;
Keep your passwords safe.

Use "2 Step Verification" 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 Step Verification (2SV)

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 great passwords

1) Choose great passwords

2) Review your account settings

2) Review account settings

Want to get technical?