What are the rules to create a new password?
Answer
The following are the Password Creation Standards approved by Executive Council on November 3, 2009 and Revised and Approved by the President on July 13, 2015:
- Passwords must be at least 8 characters, but not more than 15 characters in length
- Passwords must contain at least three of the four types of characters listed below:
- Lower case letters (a, b, c)
- Upper case letters (A, B, C)
- Numbers (1, 2, 3)
- Any of the following symbols (=,-,#,%,^,*) No other symbols are allowed.
- Passwords cannot contain the individual’s full first or last name.
- Previous passwords stored in the system cannot be reused. The College’s directory system will keep a history of 10 previous passwords.
- Passwords should not be easily guessed.
- Passwords should never be written down and stored where someone else might see them
- College passwords should be unique and not used for other purposes or in other systems (e.g. your bank account, outside email systems or for shopping sites).
- Passwords must be changed every 90 days.