Passphrase
Course: AP® Cybersecurity Shows up in: Unit 1: Introduction to Security
A long password made of several words, easier to remember than random characters and hard to guess when the words are unrelated.
Appears in the course and exam description (CED): 1.2.C.1
Why it matters in Unit 1
Length makes it strong; avoiding personal words keeps it out of an adversary’s dictionary.
Example
“orbit violin cactus thunder” rather than your pet’s name plus a year.
Learn it properly, with a checkpoint 1.2 Suspicious Website Logins