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Password policy
 
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Password settings
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Two-factor authentication
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Terms of use
A password policy defines how "strong" your users' passwords are required to be. (A strong password is a secure password.) The password policy in the cloud portal sets the minimum length, maximum length, password history, sequence rules, and unique character rules of a user's password.
Following are the minimum requirements:
Parameter
Default policy value
Minimum length
8
Maximum length
30
Password history size (number of former passwords to check)
3
Maximum number of characters in sequence
4
Minimum number of unique characters
5
In addition, passwords:
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Cannot contain the user's logon ID
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Cannot contain common words or keyboard sequences
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Must include uppercase letters
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Must include lowercase letters
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Must include numbers

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