While banks and other financial institutions have plenty of measures in place to keep your account secure, you need to do your part too. That means choosing good passwords for all your accounts. Don’t default to your pet’s name or the street where you grew up—make your passwords a pain for hackers to guess.
Passwords should be:
As an extra precaution, set up two-factor authentication on any account that offers it. Doing so will require you to enter a second password—a short, numeric code sent in an instant to your mobile phone—to complete the login process.