Use a password manager

What to do

Use a password manager to keep track of your unique passphrases for all your accounts.

How to do it

Choose your password manager software and set up a strong master passphrase. Once you've logged into the password manager using this master passphrase, it will generate and remember unique passphrases for all your online accounts.

This master passphrase will be the only passphrase you’ll have to remember, so be sure to read the 'use a strong passphrase' section above to make it as secure as possible.

Passphrases for critical infrastructure have their own storage requirements.

Why it matters

It is hard to remember all our passphrases for all our accounts. A password manager will remember them for you. This way you can use a strong, unique passphrase for each account while only having to remember one master passphrase.