Mira Modi – 11-year old Diceware CEO
Would you buy your password from an 11-year old girl? I would, and maybe you should, too. Mira Modi, an 11-year old New Yorker, has very very cool service called Diceware. Using a technique developed by Arnold Reinhold, Mira uses dice to come up with a unique 6 word passphrase, which she will send to you in the US Mail. Her fee is two bucks.
Understanding that passwords are cracked by cyber-criminals one of two ways, either from a stolen list of known cracked passwords (rainbow tables), or using a computer botnet and software to try every possible combination (brute force). Without going into the math, longer but simpler to remember passphrases beat shorter complex passwords that are harder to remember.
An xkcd comic on her home page explains why longer passwords are better this way:
So if you want some professional help getting a truly uncrackable password, you would want to give Mira’s password site a try. Her simple three page site explains it all, and is worth the trip even if you are not going to buy.
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I am a cybersecurity and IT instructor, cybersecurity analyst, pen-tester, trainer, and speaker. I am an owner of the WyzCo Group Inc. In addition to consulting on security products and services, I also conduct security audits, compliance audits, vulnerability assessments and penetration tests. I also teach Cybersecurity Awareness Training classes. I work as an information technology and cybersecurity instructor for several training and certification organizations. I have worked in corporate, military, government, and workforce development training environments I am a frequent speaker at professional conferences such as the Minnesota Bloggers Conference, Secure360 Security Conference in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, the (ISC)2 World Congress 2016, and the ISSA International Conference 2017, and many local community organizations, including Chambers of Commerce, SCORE, and several school districts. I have been blogging on cybersecurity since 2006 at http://wyzguyscybersecurity.com