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<blockquote data-quote="Ink" data-source="post: 811676" data-attributes="member: 3"><p>These pointers can be applied in an home environment.</p><p></p><p><strong>Quoted from <a href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office365/admin/misc/password-policy-recommendations?view=o365-worldwide" target="_blank">Password policy recommendations for Office 365</a> </strong></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">Password guidelines for administrators</span></p><p>The primary goal of a more secure password system is password diversity. You want your password policy to contain lots of different and hard to guess passwords. Here are a few recommendations for keeping your organisation as secure as possible.</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Maintain an 8-character minimum length requirement (longer isn't necessarily better)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Don't require character composition requirements. For example, *&(^%$</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Don't require mandatory periodic password resets for user accounts</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Ban common passwords, to keep the most vulnerable passwords out of your system</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Educate your users to not re-use their organisation passwords for non-work related purposes</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Enforce registration for multi-factor authentication</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Enable risk-based multi-factor authentication challenges</li> </ul><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">Password guidance for your users</span></p><p>Here's some password guidance for users.</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Don't use a password that is the same or similar to one you use on any other websites</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Don't use a single word, for example, <strong>password</strong>, or a commonly-used phrase like <strong>Iloveyou</strong></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Make passwords hard to guess, even by those who know a lot about you, such as the names and birthdays of your friends and family, your favourite bands, and phrases you like to use</li> </ul><p></p><p><strong>Keep reading for </strong><a href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office365/admin/misc/password-policy-recommendations?view=o365-worldwide#some-common-approaches-and-their-negative-impacts" target="_blank"><strong>Some negative Impacts of Password Expiration Policies</strong></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ink, post: 811676, member: 3"] These pointers can be applied in an home environment. [B]Quoted from [URL="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office365/admin/misc/password-policy-recommendations?view=o365-worldwide"]Password policy recommendations for Office 365[/URL] [/B] [SIZE=4]Password guidelines for administrators[/SIZE] The primary goal of a more secure password system is password diversity. You want your password policy to contain lots of different and hard to guess passwords. Here are a few recommendations for keeping your organisation as secure as possible. [LIST] [*]Maintain an 8-character minimum length requirement (longer isn't necessarily better) [*]Don't require character composition requirements. For example, *&(^%$ [*]Don't require mandatory periodic password resets for user accounts [*]Ban common passwords, to keep the most vulnerable passwords out of your system [*]Educate your users to not re-use their organisation passwords for non-work related purposes [*]Enforce registration for multi-factor authentication [*]Enable risk-based multi-factor authentication challenges [/LIST] [SIZE=4]Password guidance for your users[/SIZE] Here's some password guidance for users. [LIST] [*]Don't use a password that is the same or similar to one you use on any other websites [*]Don't use a single word, for example, [B]password[/B], or a commonly-used phrase like [B]Iloveyou[/B] [*]Make passwords hard to guess, even by those who know a lot about you, such as the names and birthdays of your friends and family, your favourite bands, and phrases you like to use [/LIST] [B]Keep reading for [/B][URL='https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office365/admin/misc/password-policy-recommendations?view=o365-worldwide#some-common-approaches-and-their-negative-impacts'][B]Some negative Impacts of Password Expiration Policies[/B][/URL] [/QUOTE]
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