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How to Have a Strong Password
Online Safety

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Module 1 | Online Safety | |
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Unit 1 | Online Safety Pre-Test | |
Unit 2 | How to Prevent Phishing | |
Unit 3 | How to Have a Strong Password | |
Unit 4 | Importance of Privacy Settings | |
Unit 5 | Useful Software for Online Protection | |
Unit 6 | How to Detect an Untrustworthy Website | |
Unit 7 | 4 Tips on How to Keep Your Device Secure | |
Unit 8 | 4 Steps on How to Avoid and Handle Identity Theft | |
Unit 9 | Ignore or Report a Cyber Bully | |
Unit 10 | Types of Virus Threats | |
Unit 11 | Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Interact With Strangers | |
Unit 12 | Online Safety Post Test |
Survey Questions
Here are 3 great methods that you can use for making a strong and memorable password:
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The Bruce Schneier's Method; security expert Bruce Schneier invented a method to make a secure password that you can easily remember and it is simply this: Take a sentence and make it a password. an Example, “Strong Passwords Give Us Security” = SPGUS
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The PAO Method; scientific memorization techniques might help you remember your unbreakable password, one technique is the PAO (Person Action Object) method. It goes like this:
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Select an image of an interesting place (Example: A garden)
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Select a character (Example: A man)
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Select an action (Example: A Man is Cutting a flower in a garden)
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Which gives us: AMICAFIAG
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The Phonetic Muscle Memory Method; here’s how to make an advanced unbreakable password. Go to a password generator site: For example, "passwordsgenerator.net."
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Create a password.
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Look for phonetic structure and see how it sounds in your head. Example: b45u can be (before five you). That way you'll be able to memorize your password effectively.