Aim for at least 14–16 characters. Longer passwords are exponentially harder to brute-force. Avoid Defaults: Do not use 123456 , admin123 , or password .

: Lower-tier accounts assigned to specific sites with limited read-only permissions.

Attackers use automation to test known default vendor passwords against your portal.

Avoid using sequential sequences (such as 123 , abc ), calendar years, or words explicitly tied to your company, the software deployment, or the underlying host server platform. Unique Per Instance