How annoying is it to remember a whole host of websites only to come across one that rejects your password due to its poor security?

We all know the importance of online security.  Every day there is a new horror story about identity crime or internet thieves.  We probably also know that a password should include a mix of uppercase and lowercase characters and numbers but how can you find one that’s easy to remember as well as secure?

After my skype account was hacked I decided it was time to take action and create a really strong password that was simple to memorise.  Read on to find out how I did it.

I love cats and my little kitty is called JackJack.  Yes, from the movie the Incredibles.  So, let’s start with JackJack for this example.

The work “Jack” is about an insecure as they come.  It’s a simple name and it would take a modern computer seconds to crack.  After a bit of searching I found a site that measures password strength and word "jack" is amongst top 240 phrases used as password ... yes, that’s some people’s idea of a good password! 

Well, we are looking for something that offers a little more protection so let’s complicate it a little by adding some words into a phrase without spaces such as “jacklikesme”.

Now it would take a computer 169 days to crack, but it remains a fairly simple sentence.

If we add in a capital letter at the start of each word it most definitely makes the job harder and it would now take 952 years to hack your password.

"jacklikesme" becomes "JackLikesMe" but what if we replace some letters with digits and add two special characters that are not part of an alphabet? 

After bit of playing around I settled for J4ckLik3sMe@* as the final password.  It would take a computer about 423 Million years to crack my password. How cool is that? 

Now I have a secure password I can actually remember and yes, just in case you’re wondering, Jack Jack still likes me!