{"id":6300,"date":"2022-01-26T07:08:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-26T07:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=6300"},"modified":"2022-12-10T11:37:45","modified_gmt":"2022-12-10T03:37:45","password":"","slug":"how-to-create-secure-passwords-for-your-cpanel-email-accounts","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/help\/how-to-create-secure-passwords-for-your-cpanel-email-accounts\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Create secure Password for your cPanel and Email Accounts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Creating secure passwords for any account, online or otherwise, is a must. Secure passwords help deter brute force hacking because they are harder to guess. Secure passwords also eliminate the element of social engineering in guessing a password, because ideally, creating a secure password should not include any personal information about the user.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Other methods of password hacking involve the use of common phrases until the hacker guesses your password. Which is why it is crucial for a user to create super-secure passwords for their accounts.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Tips to create a secure Password for your cPanel and Email Accounts:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Use a minimum of 12 characters.<\/li>\n<li>Make sure that you\u2019re using a combination of:\n<ul>\n<li>Uppercase and lowercase letters<\/li>\n<li>Lowercase letters<\/li>\n<li>Numbers<\/li>\n<li>Special characters<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Use a Secure Password Generator tool such as:\n<ul>\n<li>The Password generator during the password creation in cPanel and Email Accounts page<\/li>\n<li>A feature on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lastpass.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.lastpass.com<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>On the selection \u201cGenerate On Your Device:\u201d choose: (do NOT send across the Internet)<\/li>\n<li>This ensures that the password you generated won\u2019t be sent online and won\u2019t be intercepted or won\u2019t eventually be found on a database dump of hacked passwords.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>In the event that you still have reason to believe that a brute force or any type of hacking happened on your cPanel or email accounts, secure your cPanel and email accounts by:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Changing your cPanel password.<\/li>\n<li>Changing the passwords on all your email accounts.<\/li>\n<li>Make sure that the new password is still a password created by secure methods.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>The Good News:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here at CLDY, we are all about your security and protection. We recognize that even a secure password is not enough to protect you from possible brute force and other forms of hacking attacks, so the great news is:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Our infrastructure has brute force and hacking attack protection.<\/li>\n<li>We have 2-Factor Authentication in place, which strengthens the protection for your cPanel and email accounts.\n<ul>\n<li>We discuss how you can enable 2-Factor Authentication (2FA) in this article: How to Enable 2FA in cPanel<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>For more about the security features that CLDY offers, check out this article: Security Features for CLDY Accounts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>If the term \u201cbrute force attack,\u201d or the concept of \u201csocial engineering\u201d in password theft are foreign to you, please turn to our Glossary for further explanation:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cldy.com\/support\/help\/what-is-a-brute-force-attack\/\">What is a Brute Force Attack<\/a><\/li>\n<li>What is Social Engineering and How is it Used in Hacking?<\/li>\n<li>Types of Hacking Methods &amp; How to Prevent Them<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Always keep your passwords super secure, make the most out of the security features of your CLDY account, and you\u2019ll always have a secure experience at CLDY!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Creating secure passwords for any account, online or otherwise, is a must. Secure passwords help deter brute force hacking because they are harder to guess. 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