Creating password strength rules

You can create a password policy that defines the rules to which passwords must conform. For example, password strength rules might specify that the minimum number of characters of a password must be five. The rules might specify that the maximum number of characters must be 10.

Before you begin

Depending on how your system administrator customized your system, you might not have access to this task. To obtain access to this task or to have someone complete it for you, contact your system administrator.

By default, the Service owner persona can view this task and create password policies for the services the owner persona owns. Furthermore, users who can view this task and have appropriate ACI permissions can create password strength rules.

Procedure

  1. From the navigation tree, select Manage Policies > Manage Password Policies.
  2. Create a password policy or change an existing one. Ensure that you selected a service on the Targets tab to which you apply the password policy.
  3. Using the Rules tab for the password policy that you select, specify the rules that determine whether a password entry is valid.
    See Password strength rules.