Security has never been more important than it is today, the fastest way for an IT professional to become the most despised person in the company is to start enforcing a strong password policy. A policy perceived as overbearing may cause people to write down their passwords on a sticky-note near their computers, circumventing its very purpose. Your policy will be ineffective if your users don t know how to create strong passwords that are easy to remember. Read the full story from Computerworld (Michael Scalisi)
Source: https://threatpost.com/art-creating-strong-passwords-082409/72950/