Password format

An account is locked after six incorrect password attempts.

Passwords:

• Are case sensitive
• Must be a minimum of eight characters long
• Must not include a space, a comma, or any of the following special characters: <, >, &
• Expire every 90 days (equals one cycle) but you can it before the 90-day password expiry
• Cannot be reused in the next 12 cycles
• Cannot use the Participant User ID The user ID you used to login to the system. or the word password
• At least one character from at least three of the following four character sets:

  • Description	Examples
    English upper case letters	A, B, C, ... Z
    English lower case letters	a, b, c, ... z
    Numerals	0, 1, 2, ... 9
    Non-alphanumeric ("special characters") such as punctuation symbols	- + !