Password Strength Metre Application

Passwords are considered the most commonly used method of authentication. Unfortunately, weak passwords are known to be the main cause of many cyber attacks. With stronger passwords, it is believed that this first line of defence would be able to reduce the risk of cyber attacks, trespass and information exposure. A password strength metre application was, therefore, developed so that users can try out the passwords of their choice before actually deciding to register them. Although the application contains such information as password entropy, password quality index and password complexity index, the data is presented in a user-friendly way so that it is intuitive to any users