Tips from our security team.
Passwords are nothing new, of course.
In the earlier, verbal, tradition, however, you typically got one shot at guessing an unknown password before suffering dire, and possibly fatal, consequences. Computers can be much more forgiving, sometimes allowing hacking software repeated tries at guessing exactly the right password. Your best bet is to make the hacker's job as difficult as possible. To be effective, passwords must be protected from intruders. But they also must be so easy for you to remember that you resist the temptation to write them down.