{
    "title": "Password Pattern Test Lab",
    "updated": "2026-08-06",
    "methodology": "The catalog reviews invented patterns against current identity and security guidance. No password is transmitted or graded as a guarantee.",
    "limitations": "Password policy, threat model, authentication technology, and organizational requirements vary.",
    "columns": [
        "Pattern",
        "Why it is weak or risky",
        "Safer direction"
    ],
    "rows": [
        [
            "Password123!",
            "Common base plus sequence",
            "Use a unique manager-generated password"
        ],
        [
            "Company2026!",
            "Predictable organization and year",
            "Avoid public context"
        ],
        [
            "Summer2026!",
            "Season/year pattern",
            "Use unrelated random words or generated value"
        ],
        [
            "Qwerty!234",
            "Keyboard sequence",
            "Avoid known sequences"
        ],
        [
            "P@ssw0rd",
            "Common substitutions",
            "Substitution does not make a common word unique"
        ],
        [
            "Name+birth year",
            "Public personal information",
            "Avoid discoverable facts"
        ],
        [
            "Same password everywhere",
            "One breach affects many accounts",
            "Unique password per service"
        ],
        [
            "Short random string",
            "Limited search space",
            "Increase length"
        ],
        [
            "Long unique phrase",
            "Can be strong if truly unpredictable",
            "Keep it private and service-specific"
        ],
        [
            "Manager-generated",
            "High uniqueness and length",
            "Store in trusted password manager"
        ],
        [
            "MFA without unique password",
            "MFA helps but reuse remains risky",
            "Combine unique password and MFA"
        ],
        [
            "Security question facts",
            "Often discoverable",
            "Use unique stored answers where permitted"
        ]
    ]
}