Passwords

Passwords are your keys to protecting personal information you keep in My Account.

• Always choose a strong password that is easy to remember and difficult to guess. Use a combination of uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers and special characters in your password
• Consider using a passphrase since longer passwords are generally stronger than shorter ones and use a mnemonic to help remember it. Some examples:

  Mnemonic: Gettysburg Address (“Four score & seven years ago…”)
  Good	www.4score.seven	(16 characters)
  Better	4s&7@gettysburg.gov	(19 characters)
  Even better	4ourScore&7evenYearsAgo	(23 characters)

  Please don’t use these specific examples as your password since many people have seen these.

• If you must write your password down, consider storing it in a trusted secure password program.