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
3 Provide a descriptive name an select the policy type as Password from the dropdown.
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.
Policies and its functionality
Policies | Description |
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EXPIRE PASSWORD | Checks the number of days after which a user's password expires and must be changed. |
HASHING ITERATIONS | Specifies the number of iterations used to increase the computational workload and duration of password hashing. |
SPECIAL CHARACTERS | The minimum configured count of special characters (e.g., $, %, &,* ) within a password string. |
NOT RECENTLY USED | Customizes the number of previously used passwords that are saved, preventing the reuse of any of these stored passwords upon change. |
UPPERCASE CHARACTERS | Sets the minimum count of uppercase letters that must be included in a password. |
LOWERCASE CHARACTERS | Specifies the minimum number of lowercase letters required in a password. |
MINIMUM LENGTH | Establishes rules for a minimum character limit in the password. |
REGULAR EXPRESSION | Requires the password to match one or more regular expression patterns. |
DIGITS | Specifies the minimum number of digits required in the password string. |
NOT USERNAME | Prohibits using the password that is the same as the username. |
HASHING ALGORITHM | Determines the function used to map data of arbitrary size to a fixed-size, affecting password hashing. |
NOT EMAIL | Prevents the password from being the same as the user's email address when this option is enabled. |
7 After configuring, click on the SAVE.