Security Preferences
To set up security preferences your user role will need to be Administrator. Select the Settings link on the top right side of the dashboard.
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Authentication
Select the Authentication tab to show specific settings.
Authentication settings can only be changed by an authorized user.
Enable Password Expiration- Enable to enforce password expiration.
Passwords expire in - How many days until a user's password will expire.
Number of historical passwords - Do not allow passwords to be reused through this many iterations.
Enforce Password Restrictions - Enforces the following restrictions on passwords:
Minimum length: 8
And at least one of each of the following:
lower case character
upper case character
numeric value
symbol
Enable Account Lockout - Enforces a user to be locked out of their account after password failures.
Lockout threshold - Number of failed password attempts until account lockout occurs.
Lockout duration - Number of minutes the user is locked out of their account.
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