Assumption College Password Policy
Assumption College
is committed to protecting the privacy and integrity of computer
data and records belonging to Assumption College, Faculty,
Staff, and Administrators. The College employs a variety of
means to protect the security of its computing resources and
infrastructure. Users should be aware, however, that the College
cannot guarantee such security without the aid of the those
who use these systems. Users should therefore engage in responsible
computing practices guarding passwords, and changing passwords
regularly.
Password Policies
- Passwords must be at least 6 characters long.
- Don't write
your password down or store it on your computer.
- Passwords must be comprised of a mixture of upper and
lower case letters, numbers, and punctuation.
- The system
will remember the last 5 passwords used. These will not
be available for reuse.
- The system will allow 5 unsuccessful login attempts, then
will lock the account for sixty minutes.
Tips for choosing a strong password
Don't:
- Choose a password that contains words that appear in any
dictionary, spelled forward or backward.
- Use names of people,
pets, or places, or personal information, like your address,
birthday, or telephone number.
- Use acronyms.
- Use common keyboard sequences, such as qwerty1
or abc123.
- Use any of the passwords in this document.
Do:
- Use a mix of upper and lower case letters, numbers and
punctuation. The password, bC4#x9PP, would be very difficult
to guess.
- Be sure that the Caps Lock isn't on when entering
your password.
- Make your password easier
to remember by selecting a phrase, and using the first
letter from each word to compose the password. From the phrase, "Lincoln said: four score and seven years
ago", one could derive the password, Ls4sa7ya.
- The example above would work well for passwords that must
be changed occasionally, too. By selecting the second letter
of each word the next time the password needed to be changed,
it would become, Ia4cn7eg.
Dr.
Robert Fry June
2002
Last updated June 2004
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