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Why do we require a strong password?
Choosing a strong, hard to guess, password helps keep your private health information secure by making it difficult for an individual other than yourself to guess the password. Strong passwords are the best defense in keeping your information secure.
Strong passwords must:
- be at least eight (8) characters long.
- contain at least three (3) different kinds of characters:
- lowercase letters (a-z)
- uppercase letters (A-Z)
- numbers (0-9)
- special characters (examples: ^{]:?, )
Passwords should NOT be:
- easily guessed by a person close to you
- taken directly from a dictionary or thesaurus.
- any recognizable word of any sort.
- the name of any commercial product, sports team, movie or television
show.
- the same as your username or the answer to your secret question.
- names.
- dates.
- phone numbers.
- street addresses.
- license plates or Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs).
- any variation or combination of the above.
A few hints for creating a stronger password:
Take a phrase/song/poem, and create a nonsense word by taking the first letter from each line. Take some short words and string them together joined with funny characters.
Note: If you are a Boone Hospital Employee and do not have an email address, please have your supervisor submit a Computer Access Form, and then an appropriate account will be created for you.