A password of some sort is the oldest method of maintaining security and seems to reign right up near the top today and just about everybody has one or more passwords that they use daily on their computer.

But how does one generate a "safe" password? Your dog's name? The digits in your birthday-backwards? The first letters of the first names of everyone in your bowling club? Pick a scheme.

One approach to a strong password is that there must not rhyme nor reason in the characters, at least to a stranger. A popular method goes something like this: Pick a phrase that makes perfect sense to you, but not to anyone else. 

For example, "Martha and I met at a beach party in Point O' Woods New York." 

Now, write down the first letter of each word.

maimaabpipowny

Not bad for a password and it's pretty strong. Capitalize a few letters for confusion and it's a bit stronger. But remember, you have to be able to pull the thought sentence from memory when you see the "code."

One website says, "..using a massive cracking array scenario it would take 1.11 week, assuming one hundred trillion guesses per second..." to break this password.

I'd say that password is pretty safe.

Here are two sites that I use, one to generate a code and the other for information.

https://www.grc.com/haystack.htm  

and  

https://www.grc.com/passwords.htm

Have fun!