Governing policy: Electronic Communications Policy
Department: Information Technology
Effective: September 10, 2005
Procedure
- Passwords must be at least 16 characters in length
- Passwords must contain at least three of the following:
- One uppercase letter
- One lower case letter
- At least one number (0-9)
- At least one special character (non-alphanumeric character
- New account or reset passwords must be changed upon next log-on.
- All passwords must be changed every 45 days.
- Users cannot submit new passwords that are the same as any of the five used previously.