Passwords
What is a password?
- For OGD and Members Portal systems, your credentials are your user name and password.
- You need to put in the correct credentials to access or log in either system.
- Keep your credentials confidential especially your password. It is your contribution to help secure both systems.
Can I change my user name?
- You cannot change your user name in OGD and Members Portal.
- Your user name is provided by CFC Manila. This is to ensure that there is no duplication.
What is a good password?
- A good password is one that people cannot just guess using something related to you.
- First name
- Last name
- Birthday
- Address
- Pet name
- Birth place
- Favorite <something / someone>
- And so on.
- It is not a word or does not have a word that is found in a dictionary of any language.
- It is a combination of upper- and lower-case letters, numbers, and symbols (or special characters like %, #, $). Some systems do not allow some special characters (e.g., space.
- A longer password is always better than shorter one. But it may be more challenging to remember.
How can I make my password more complex?
- You can switch numbers or symbols to letters and vice versa.
- Here are some examples. Do not use these examples because these are common passwords.
- Password1 = Pa$$w0rd1 (length = 9)
- HelloWorld! = H311oW0r1d! (length = 11)
- Merry Christmas = m344yChristm@z (length = 14)
- aRounDthew0r!din80d@ys (length = 22)
- A good and creative way is to use texting language or shortcuts. Here are some examples:
- Happy + LOL + Birthday = HapiL0LBday (length = 11)
- See you. See me. See you all later at 430 = CuCmeCuAllL8r@430 (length = 17)
- Another creative way is to phonetically spell words of mixed languages and use texting language.
- Invent your own words, lingo, jargon for your passwords.
- The idea is to make your password very difficult to guess by others and easy enough for you to remember.
How can I keep my password secure?
- Keep your password in a safe place -- not on a sheet of paper.
- Change your password regularly.
- When logging in to our systems, ensure no one can see what you are typing.
- Watch out for people who may be watching from behind or even mobile devices, or security cameras.
- Use different passwords for different systems.
How often do I need to change my password?
- Some systems required passwords to be changed regularly (e.g., every 3 to 6 months).
- It is good to change your password at least once a year. Some may say about 3 times a year.
Is it safe to save your user name and password in your web browser?
- The safest is to not save your user name and password to your web browser.