It's not always easy to create strong passwords. You want to use something that will be easy for you to remember every day, so for a lot of people, this means something familiar, like a child's or pet's name, a birthday, or a favorite book or movie title. But the trouble with this approach is that these kinds of passwords can be very easy for attackers to guess.

There are many simple tricks you can learn to start making more secure passwords, like mixing numbers and letters together to abbreviate a sentence that you can remember. For example, the sentence: "Three blind mice, see how they run" can be made into a strong password like: "3bmChtr" that you should be able to remember, and intruders would not be able to easily figure out.

This article about making stronger passwords offers pointers to help you create secure passwords to protect your data in six easy steps. You can also read about the common password mistakes that make you an easy target for attackers.

If you need to create many different passwords, or if your company has a policy that makes you change your passwords on a regular basis, the utilities below will generate random, secure passwords for you.

It seems like more and more, sites aren't just asking you for your password whenever you want to log in. Many websites also require you to answer security questions to prove who you are. This is great, especially on sites like your bank, because it means there's an extra level of protection between your data and an attacker.

Of course, it also means you have one more thing to try to remember! Who did you say was your favorite band? What did you list as your favorite food, or your high school mascot?

eWallet can help in this situation too. eWallet has a free-form note field with every card. Make a password card for all your websites, and use the note field to store the security questions and your answers.