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Creating a passphrase ruleset

Complex passwords are difficult to remember. Passphrases provide a more secure solution and are easier to remember. To use them effectively, a rule set should be created and followed. An example could be, 3 random words, the first word is fully capitalised, two numbers and two random characters are appended on the end - trainFORESTrunning22!!


Why is it important?

A passphrase ruleset helps create and build strong passphrases. An example of a ruleset could be: 3 random words, the first word is fully capitalised, two numbers and two random characters are appended at the end. For example - TRAINforestrunning22!!

Creating a ruleset means strong, memorable passphrases can be created consistently.

Priority Tier

Behaviours in SebDB are ranked by their impact on risk. Tier 1 behaviours have the biggest impact, Tier 4 behaviours the least.

Tier 1

Risk Mitigated

Account Compromise

Account Compromise

Account compromise happens when unauthorised people access them.

Further reading

https://www.nist.gov/blogs/taking-measure/easy-ways-build-better-p5w0rd http://cups.cs.cmu.edu/soups/2012/proceedings/a7_Shay.pdf https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/blog-post/three-random-words-or-thinkrandom-0 http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.90.7974&rep=rep1&type=pdf

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