There are bad people out there.

All passwords should be of sufficient strength so as to make it hard on hackers to crack into your website or email accounts.

Our recommendations:

7 or 8 characters long (can be longer but 7 is long enough unless your situation makes you a tempting target).

at least one capital letter,

at least one lower-case letter

at least one numeral 0 to 9

no real words or names (or parts, like the first 4 letters of your last name)

no meaningful numbers (like your birthday or street address)

Of course, you also have to keep your passwords secure so no one unauthorized can get their hands on them.

Also change relevant passwords in event of a suspected hacking or if personnel leave the company.