Make Your Passwords Complex!

Hive Systems 2024 table of how long a hacker takes to break your password.

Hive Systems have been producing this table since 2020.

The times are based on gaming hardware freely available to any consumer and/or cloud computing resources that anybody can purchase. How the calculations are undertaken can be found in their blog post.

Improve your password security by :-

Tip #1 - 12 Characters should be your minimum password length.

Tip #2 - Use numbers, Upper case and lower case symbols and characters.

Tip #3 - Do not reuse password for different services. Avoid variations of the same password.

Tip #4 - Use a password manager.

Tip #5 - Turn on MFA and Biometrics.

The best security is to use Passkeys instead of passwords. Stay Safe!