Re: Self Service Password Reset

[Dexter Caldwell <Dexter.Caldwell () FURMAN EDU>]

I know the vendor that we use for Password Reset does recommend that you specifically block IT Staff accounts from 
enrollment via the system.  (Particularly privileged accounts).    Depending upon how you are setup, one reason to 
block some accounts, for example is if you cannot easily control whether those with Help Desk administrative reset 
capability, for example, perhaps students- can potentially reset privileged accounts or executive accounts and 
potentially access data privileged information.  Of course, there are ways to properly manage this in some systems, 
such as Active Directory, but sometimes directory structure is designed for several purposes that don’t always neatly 
fit into every neat category of business function that applications might need.
D/C

From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU]
Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2012 6:38 PM
To: Dexter Caldwell; SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Self Service Password Reset
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Maybe I am missing something obvious, but why would you want to exclude users from being able to reset their own 
password?  Our self-service requires "multi-factor" authentication (answer security questions & access to external 
email account or cell phone), and unless the user has not provided the required information (or doesn't remember what 
it was), she should be able to reset the password.  We encourage this as much as possible, as it reduces the load on 
the HD.  Even if the customer calls the help desk and needs some kind of manual intervention (forgot answers, never set 
it up, etc), they will walk her through setting up and using the self-service tools so that next time maybe she will 
not need to call.

::Adam

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> [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Shawn Kohrman
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> Subject: [SECURITY] Self Service Password Reset
>
> For those of you who have self service password reset tools, do you maintain
> a list of users who are excluded from using the tool?  If so, how did you go
> about establishing your criteria?
>
> Shawn
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