Posts Tagged ‘security’
Test the strength of your passwords
Microsoft has a handy little website that allows you to test the strength of your passwords, ranking the results as ‘weak’, ‘medium’, ’strong’, and ‘best’. The most secure passwords use a mix of letters (upper and lower case), numbers, and symbols.
“A strong password should appear to be a random string of characters to an attacker. It should be 14 characters or longer, (eight characters or longer at a minimum). It should include a combination of uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers, and symbols”.
via lifehacker
Image by Chris Lopez
Safer surfing using SiteAdvisor
SiteAdvisor is a natty little piece of software designed for safer internet surfing. When you type into the Google search box for example, it places a small icon next to each link in the results page, advising you of any site that may be a security risk. It uses a ‘traffic light’ system. Green = ‘go for it’, amber = ‘approach with care’, and red = ‘a site likely to infect your machine with spam, viruses, or other nasties’. We won’t go into further detail here… as the McAffe website is pretty self explanatory. We will however recommend that you install SiteAdvisor today… it’s completely free, and takes just a few minutes… so what are you waiting for?
