To create a password for a Payroc application, we recommend that you follow our guidelines:

Do:

• Use at least seven characters.
• Use a mixture of:
  • Capital letters and lower case letters
  • Numbers
  • Special characters (!”£$%^&*()[];’#,./?)

Don't:

• Reuse passwords that you’ve used for other sites or applications. Your password must be unique. 
• Write your passwords down.
• Use commonly guessed words. For example, “password”, “security”, or “123456”.
• Include your username in your password.

For additional security when you create a password, you can also:

• Use a combination of words to create a passphrase.
• Use a password generator or password manager.

Use a combination of words to create a passphrase

A passphrase consists of a combination of words and contains letters, numbers, and special characters. A passphrase is also easier to remember than a password.

When you create a passphrase, you can combine words that are related and form a sentence, or you can combine unrelated words.  We recommend the following as an example of a good passphrase:

1. Choose four words, for example, “cat sunglasses coffee sunflower”.
2. Remove the spaces. Some systems don't support whitespace in passwords.
3. Add numbers to the passphrase. In the example in Step 1, you could replace the letter “l” with the number “1”, and the letter “o” with the number 0. The new passphrase would be “catsung1assesc0ffeesunf10wer”.
4. Add capital letters, for example, you could capitalise “cat” and “C0FFEE” in the working example: “CATsung1assesC0FFEEsunf10wer”. 

This example creates a 28-character passphrase that is more difficult to guess than a single word.

Use a password generator or password manager

For maximum security, we recommend using password generator software to create and store secure passwords. You can use a password generator to customize the length and complexity of the password that it creates for you.