Guidelines for Creating A Security Question

How do I select strong security question/answer for password resets and account validations?

Many sites and services require security questions when you register an account.  This is to help confirm your identity in the event you forget your password.

To select strong security questions, please take the following guidelines into consideration:

Security Questions should have the following characteristics:

• Answer never changes
• Easy to remember, even 10 years from now
• At least thousands of possible answers
• Simple one or two word answer

Things to Avoid:

• Favorites, these change over time
• Information that can be readily found on the Internet 
• What is the color of …, limited number of choices
• Your first and last name
• Bowling Green- as the school name

For additional assistance, please contact Information Technology Services at 419-372-0999 or through chat.