{"id":22752,"date":"2016-02-11T22:03:12","date_gmt":"2016-02-12T06:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/22752\/how-to-set-password-strength-rules-using-password-policy-settings\/"},"modified":"2019-02-01T02:51:07","modified_gmt":"2019-02-01T10:51:07","slug":"configuring-password-strength-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/22752\/configuring-password-strength-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Configuring Password Strength Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- Start ScreenSteps Content --><\/p>\n<div class=\"LessonContent\">\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Overview<\/h3>\n<div class=\"StepInstructions\">\n<p><em>Password Policy<\/em> is a set of rules designed to enhance security by encouraging users to employ strong passwords. In <em>TopTeam<\/em>, <i>Password Policy Settings <\/i>ensure that you use only those passwords that adhere to set guidelines enabling overall application security.<\/p>\n<p>This article explains how to configure <i>Password Strength Rules<\/i> to ensure the usage of strong passwords in <em>TopTeam<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">NOTE: <i>Password Policy Settings<\/i> are not applicable to users configured with external authentication method such as Active Directory (LDAP) and SAML 2.0.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Who should read this?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"StepInstructions\">\n<ul>\n<li>TopTeam Administrators<\/li>\n<li>IT Support<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Step 1. From the Administration section of TopTeam, go to the Configure Global Settings page<\/h3>\n<div class=\"StepImage\" style=\"margin: 10px 0px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding: 3px; border: 1px solid #ccc;\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-layzr=\"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/wpid22848-wpid-media_14550014165851.png\" alt=\"wpid22848-wpid-media_14550014165851.png\" width=\"573\" height=\"268\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Step 2. In the Global Settings section, select Password Policy<\/h3>\n<div class=\"StepImage\" style=\"margin: 10px 0px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding: 3px; border: 1px solid #ccc;\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-layzr=\"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/wpid22854-media_1456141876327.png\" alt=\"wpid22854-media_1456141876327.png\" width=\"800\" height=\"343\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Step 3. Specify Password Strength Rules in the Password Policy Settings section<\/h3>\n<div class=\"StepImage\" style=\"margin: 10px 0px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding: 3px; border: 1px solid #ccc;\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-layzr=\"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/wpid22855-media_1456142020200.png\" alt=\"wpid22855-media_1456142020200.png\" width=\"653\" height=\"407\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"StepInstructions\">\n<p>Here, you can specify rules for required password length, characters and casing while creating a password.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Step 3.1. Scroll down and specify additional Password Strength Rules (continued&#8230;)<\/h3>\n<div class=\"StepImage\" style=\"margin: 10px 0px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding: 3px; border: 1px solid #ccc;\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-layzr=\"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/wpid22853-media_1455185662171.png\" alt=\"wpid22853-media_1455185662171.png\" width=\"622\" height=\"610\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"StepInstructions\">\n<p>You can further specify rules for disallowed words and limits on repetition of characters while creating a password.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Hint showing applicable password rules is shown to users when they are changing their password (TopTeam Desktop App)<\/h3>\n<div class=\"StepImage\" style=\"margin: 10px 0px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding: 3px; border: 1px solid #ccc;\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-layzr=\"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/wpid22850-media_1455013099575.png\" alt=\"wpid22850-media_1455013099575.png\" width=\"800\" height=\"304\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"StepInstructions\">\n<p>For more information, refer to the article <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/22737\/how-to-change-your-password-in-topteam\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to change your Password in TopTeam.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size: 20px;\">If the set password rules are not met, the following error message displays<\/h3>\n<div class=\"StepImage\" style=\"margin: 10px 0px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding: 3px; border: 1px solid #ccc;\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-layzr=\"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/wpid22849-media_1455008554145.png\" alt=\"wpid22849-media_1455008554145.png\" width=\"568\" height=\"309\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size: 20px;\">Hint showing applicable password rules is shown to users when they are changing their password (TopTeam Web)<\/h3>\n<div class=\"StepImage\" style=\"margin: 10px 0px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding: 3px; border: 1px solid #ccc;\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-layzr=\"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/wpid22851-media_1455013193867.png\" alt=\"wpid22851-media_1455013193867.png\" width=\"800\" height=\"452\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size: 20px;\">If the set Password rules are not met, the following error message displays<\/h3>\n<div class=\"StepImage\" style=\"margin: 10px 0px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"padding: 3px; border: 1px solid #ccc;\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-layzr=\"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/wpid22852-media_1455013264789.png\" alt=\"wpid22852-media_1455013264789.png\" width=\"504\" height=\"295\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<h3 class=\"StepTitle\" style=\"font-size: 20px;\">See Also<\/h3>\n<div class=\"StepInstructions\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/22743\/how-to-set-automatic-user-account-locking-using-password-policy-settings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Configuring failed login attempts Account Locking Policy<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/22760\/how-to-set-password-change-rules-using-password-policy-settings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Configuring Password Change Policy<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/31096\/enhancing-security-in-topteam-using-password-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Enhancing security in TopTeam using Password Policy<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"LessonStep top\">\n<div class=\"StepInstructions\">\n<p>Revised: February 1st, 2019<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- End ScreenSteps Content --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview Password Policy is a set of rules designed to enhance security by encouraging users to employ strong passwords. In TopTeam, Password Policy Settings ensure that you use only those passwords that adhere to set guidelines enabling overall application security. This article explains how to configure Password Strength Rules to ensure the usage of strong passwords in TopTeam. NOTE: Password Policy Settings are not applicable to users configured with external authentication method such as Active Directory (LDAP) and SAML 2.0. Who should read this? TopTeam Administrators IT Support Step 1. From the Administration section of TopTeam, go to the Configure <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[292,307,319,285],"class_list":["post-22752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-administration","tag-authentication","tag-password","tag-policy","tag-security"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paoaNA-5UY","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22752"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22752\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47059,"href":"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22752\/revisions\/47059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.technosolutions.com\/kb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}