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News reports regularly mention another security flaw found in a browser, or groups of users whose data has been hacked. With modern technology, hackers can sometimes try billions of passwords per second. You wouldn’t want hackers to get access to your data or your company’s data, would you? So make sure you use a strong password. A password needs to be long and unique to protect against automated attacks by criminals.

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Want to know whether your password is already strong? Your My ING Business password needs to meet these requirements:

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To keep My ING Business secure, we ask you to change your password every year. And if you suspect someone might know your password, you should change it straight away. But how do you come up with a password and remember it? Here are 5 tips.

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The more characters, the more secure your password. Eight characters is on the short side. It’s better to use at least 10 characters. That makes the password up to 80 million times stronger. But even more characters is better still. Numbers, uppercase letters and special characters make your password stronger.

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It may seem obvious, but never use personal details in your password, such as a birth year, a family member’s name or other personal information that’s easy to guess. Don’t use details you’ve shared on social media either, such as where you live or the names of your dog or children.

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Don’t use the same password everywhere. Use one password for My ING Business, a different password for email and social media, and another password for other things.

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Worried you might forget your password? Try coming up with a memory aid. A passphrase can help. A sentence with uppercase letters and numbers is strong and easy to remember. For example, the Dutch phrase “Liever U2 dan de 6e van Beethoven!” (“I prefer U2 to Beethoven’s 6th!”). If the whole sentence doesn’t fit, use the first letters of each word: “LU2dd6evB!”

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If you need to write down your password to remember it, don’t label it as your password. And if you do write it down, make sure you don’t save it on your computer.

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Whatever password you use, two-factor authentication makes it even more secure. This means you use a second way to identify yourself, in addition to your username and password. That’s why, at ING, you need to confirm orders with the Mobile Banking App on your phone or with the ING Scanner. Together, we help keep your finances as secure as possible. 

You can now also change your My ING Business password quickly and easily with the Mobile Banking App. It’s simple! Follow these steps:

  1. Select the ‘Service’ menu at the bottom right of the app
  2. Then select ‘Access & Confirmation’
  3. Then select ‘Change My ING password’

And one final tip: never use the passwords in these examples as your own password!

PS: Did you know that, as well as your password, you can easily change your My ING Business username to make it easier to remember? Read how here.

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