Having a secure password makes it harder for criminals to hack your account.
How to ensure you have a secure password
- Have a unique password for each site, this way if hackers do get into one of your accounts they will not be able to access your other accounts.
- Don’t save your passwords on sites, it is like leaving your front door key in the lock.
- Don't re-use passwords as it makes it easier to hack your accounts
- A password contained special character and a mix of upper and lower case letter is more secure
- Please do not use any personal information as a password: Anything that someone knows about you or could guess do not use in a password, For example
- Your child, pet or partner's name
- Your middle name
- Your place of birth or town where you live
- Your mother's maiden name
- Your favourite sport, team or athlete's name
- Your favourite holiday destination.
- By using a password manager you are adding another level of security. Please research properly before selecting an appropriate password manager.
- Should you have the option of setting a two factor authentication password, please do
Password generators as recommended by 
- Bitwarden password generator - generates passwords up to 128 characters or passphrases up to 20 words. You can also customise to include capitalised letters and numbers, plus the tool will tell you how strong your password is and estimates how long it would take to crack (usually centuries).
- LastPass password generator - makes passwords up to 50 characters. Plus, you can toggle to make the password easy to say (omits numbers and symbols) or easy to read (omits ambiguous characters like 1, I, 0 and O).
- 1Password password generator - you can make passwords up to 100 characters long and toggle to include numbers and symbols. You can also choose between a random password, a memorable password (up to 15 words), or a randomised PIN (up to 12 numbers).
Please do not use a password and then change it slightly for each account you login to. As once criminals get hold of your base password, they can easily work your password for all other accounts and hack them, and lock you out. Please do not write your passwords down in diaries, notebooks etc.
Have a unique password for each and every site you log in to.
This site shows you how easy it is to crack your password
https://bitwarden.com/password-strength/
Useful links for further reading
https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/collection/passwords/updating-your-approach
https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/collection/top-tips-for-staying-secure-online/use-a-strong-and-separate-password-for-email