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Password Policy

In particular, it defines the permissions for actions regardless of the method used to carry out the action.

Follow the below steps

1 Go to Dashboard > Policies.

2 Click on + CREATE POLICY

Create Policy

3 Provide a descriptive name an select the policy type as Password from the dropdown.

Password Policy

4 Click on CREATE.

5 You will be moved to the created policy, and will be provided with options to manage and add policy types.

6 Click on ADD POLICY, the available list of policies will be displayed in the drop-down.

note

These set of policy types are specific to Password Policy.

Manage Policy

Policies and its functionality

PoliciesDescription
EXPIRE PASSWORDChecks the number of days after which a user's password expires and must be changed.
HASHING ITERATIONSSpecifies the number of iterations used to increase the computational workload and duration of password hashing.
SPECIAL CHARACTERSThe minimum configured count of special characters (e.g., $, %, &,* ) within a password string.
NOT RECENTLY USEDCustomizes the number of previously used passwords that are saved, preventing the reuse of any of these stored passwords upon change.
UPPERCASE CHARACTERSSets the minimum count of uppercase letters that must be included in a password.
LOWERCASE CHARACTERSSpecifies the minimum number of lowercase letters required in a password.
MINIMUM LENGTHEstablishes rules for a minimum character limit in the password.
REGULAR EXPRESSIONRequires the password to match one or more regular expression patterns.
DIGITSSpecifies the minimum number of digits required in the password string.
NOT USERNAMEProhibits using the password that is the same as the username.
HASHING ALGORITHMDetermines the function used to map data of arbitrary size to a fixed-size, affecting password hashing.
NOT EMAILPrevents the password from being the same as the user's email address when this option is enabled.

7 After configuring, click on the SAVE.

Know more

Create Policy

Action Policy

Username Policy

WebAuthn Policy