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The assignment focuses on understanding and implementing best practices for creating secure passwords, including their importance, characteristics, common attacks, and management tips. It includes a practical activity for testing password strength and creating a secure password policy for employees. Evaluation criteria are provided to assess understanding, explanation of attacks, completion of tasks, and clarity of organization.

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Assignment 1

The assignment focuses on understanding and implementing best practices for creating secure passwords, including their importance, characteristics, common attacks, and management tips. It includes a practical activity for testing password strength and creating a secure password policy for employees. Evaluation criteria are provided to assess understanding, explanation of attacks, completion of tasks, and clarity of organization.

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Assignment 1

To understand and implement best practices for creating secure passwords, ensuring protection
against cyber threats, and applying forensic techniques to assess password strength.

Part 1: Research & Report

Importance of Secure Passwords – Why are strong passwords necessary?

Characteristics of a Strong Password – Length, complexity, uniqueness, etc.

Common Password Attacks – Explain brute force, dictionary attacks, phishing, etc.

Best Practices for Password Management – Tips for creating, storing, and updating passwords.

Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) – Explain its role in security.

Practical Activity

Password Strength Testing:

Use an online password strength checker (e.g., "howsecureismypassword.net") to test different


passwords.

Document at least 3 examples (weak, moderate, strong) and explain why they have different
strengths.

Create a Secure Password Policy:

Draft a set of guidelines for a company’s employees to follow for secure password creation and
management.

Needs
Satisfactory (6-5
Criteria Excellent (10-9 pts) Good (8-7 pts) Improvement (4- Points
pts)
0 pts)

Good
Understanding of Clear, detailed, Basic Unclear or
explanation, /25
Secure Passwords with examples. understanding. missing.
lacks depth.

Explains attacks Covers main


Password Attacks Mentions attacks Incorrect or
and security points, lacks /25
& Protection but unclear. missing.
measures well. depth.

Completes all tasks


Practical Activity Completes tasks Minimal effort or Incomplete or
with strong /25
(Testing & Policy) but lacks detail. missing parts. missing.
explanations.

Clarity & Well-structured, Mostly clear, Somewhat unclear,


Poorly organized. /25
Organization easy to read. minor issues. errors present.

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