Password Policies

Creating a Password Policy

1. On the  Main Menu, open the  System Settings menu and click Password Policies (see below image).
2. Click the  New Password Policy icon (located in the bottom left of the tab). 
3. Enter the password policy information (field definitions can be found in the next section).
4. Click OK. 

Entering Password Policy Details

Once your password policy is created, you can enter the password policy details. The only required fields when entering password policy details are Name and Minimum Length. The other fields are optional, but you can complete as many of them as you want depending on how secure you want passwords to be in your Flex system.

• Name: The name of the password policy for easy reference.
• Minimum Length: The minimum length of a password in your Flex system.
• Expiration Interval: The number of days before passwords expire in your Flex system.
• Password History: The number of passwords that have to be used between password changes before you can use the same password.
• Must Be Alpha-Numeric: Determines whether or not passwords in your Flex system must use both numbers and letters.
• Must Be Mixed Case: Determines whether or not passwords in your Flex system must use both upper-case and lower-case characters.
• Cannot Contain User Name: Determines whether or not a user can use their user ID in their password.
• Exclude List: Any words, numbers, or characters entered in this space will be prohibited from being used in passwords in your Flex system.

Enabling a Password Policy

1. On the  Main Menu, open the  System Settings menu and click Password Policies.
2. On the Password Policies page you will see a list of created password policies.
3. Find the policy you want to enable and check the box on the far right of that line.
4. Once the box is checked, the policy is enabled. 
5. To disable a password policy, uncheck the box.

Deleting a Password Policy

1. On the  Main Menu, open the  System Settings menu and click Password Policies
2. Find the policy you want to delete and check the box on the far left side of the line.
3. Click the  Delete Selected Lines icon (on the left in the bottom menu). 
4. Click Yes on the Delete Confirmation popup.