It may sound like an obvious one, you may have to do it at work on a regular basis, but how often do you change you personal login details? Here are a few tips to think about and also to guide you:

• Firstly, try to get into the habit of changing you passwords on a regular basis – Monthly would be ideal. Make sure this includes your online banking details, social media accounts, household bills accounts, Paypal and anything else that holds your personal information.

• If possible try not to have the same password for all your accounts – try to split them up a bit. The worry is that if one account got hacked (say your email) and you had the same password for another (your Facebook account) both accounts will be compromised.

• Dont use personal data – date of births, phone numbers, etc. The thing to realise is that people who want to hack into your accounts will try your personal data first.

• Get creative with your password! You can pick the simplest of words and make it into a strong and secure password. Here is an example:

password1 (a basic one, that we would never recommend anyone use!)

And below, are 3 variations:

1. Pa5Sword1 (this contains capital letters and the number 5)
2. pa$%WORD?1 (combining  numbers, capitials and other symbols)
3. p&55word@on£ (as above, swapping letter for numbers, adding in various symbols and this time, typing the word one with a pound sign)

• Try not to use the password “remember” features. We know it makes things convenient but many people in the industry say they aren’t safe. It only takes a couple of seconds to log into a website and could save you a lot of unnecessary worry.

• Any website that you have to log in to…..always make sure you log out before you leave!