Published: Oct. 27, 2022

Having unique, strong and complex passwords is one of the best ways to immediately boost your cybersecurity. Cracking passwords is one of the go-to tactics that cybercriminals use to access valuable information. And, if you use the same password on multiple accounts, once a cybercriminal has compromised one of your accounts, they can easily do the same on other accounts.

As part of Cybersecurity Awareness Month, the CU system Office of Information Security has published two articles to help you protect your personal information. Learn more.

Do you use any of these passwords?

Read the top 10 most common passwords used in the U.S. in 2021 and tips for building strong logins.

Take the password test

With the help of a strength checker, you can learn the length of time it might take a cybercriminal to crack your password, from a few seconds to beyond a thousand trillion years.