FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER

COMPUTER THREATS SECURITY

WHAT IS PHISHING

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
How many characters should be in a password?
A
5+
B
7+
C
8+
D
6+
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Passwords should be a minimum of eight characters in length. Longer passwords are more secure and should contain upper and lower case characters, numbers, and special characters. This provides a character set of 95 possible characters.

Detailed explanation-2: -Answer: 8 characters is between 1 words and 2 words with spaces included in the character count. If spaces are not included in the character count, then 8 characters is between 1 words and 3 words.

Detailed explanation-3: -According to a recent report published by cybersecurity firm Hive Systems, even 8-character passwords could be cracked quickly.

Detailed explanation-4: -This means that your password must be of at least 8 alphanumeric character and can reach to maximum length of 12 alphanumeric characters. The term ‘alphanumeric’ means the combination of upper-case and lower-case alphabets or letters and numbers and special characters (such as , #, $ etc.).

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