What are some ways to secure your personal accounts?

Tayyaba Akhtar
2 min readNov 3, 2020

What are your concerns when you make an online account? Mine is that my data stays secured and confidential but what are some ways we can make it most secure? Let’s discuss some ways you can keep your accounts secured.

Strong passwords: Strong passwords are very important to keep your account safe. Why is that? Because the harder your password is, the more it gets harder to guess. Strong passwords are one way to increase the security of your account. It is one of the greatest ways to keep unauthorized users from accessing your personal information, machines, or accounts. Here are some of the tips to set a strong password: make it long; come up with a meaningless word or a phrase; include numbers, special letters, or symbols; do not use the same passwords; change your passwords time to time; DO NOT save your passwords; DO NOT write your passwords and store it where it can easily be accessed by anyone; lastly DO NOT give your passwords to anyone.

Multiple factors of authentication: Multiple factor authentication is when two or more evidence of identity is required. Multiple factor authentication will reduce the chances of unauthorized users breaking into your accounts, stealing personal information, and pretending to be you for accessing your data. This is another great way to increase the security of your accounts and data.

There are more ways but these two are the most common ways to use. These ways to increase the security of your accounts do not require education but just a productive thought. However, these ways only increase the security of your accounts and do not guarantee it because you can set the hardest password to guess but it isn’t worth it if you’ve told it to someone who can misuse it.

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