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Password requirements survey results
From: Thomas Carter <tcarter () AUSTINCOLLEGE EDU>
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 14:03:08 -0600
I wanted to share the results of the password requirements survey I posted last week. I want to thank everyone for their response. I have to say that those who require students to change their password every 3 months must be gluttons for punishment! There were 44 respondents, and the results are: Students are required to change their password every... 3 months 15.91% 7 6 months 29.55% 13 Year 29.55% 13 Never 25% 11 Student password length requirement.. 6 characters 6.82% 3 8 characters 65.91% 29
8 characters 27.27% 12
Student passwords have a complexity requirement (case, numbers, special characters, etc). Yes 90.91% 40 No 9.09% 4 Students have a self-service method of resetting their password Yes 88.64% 39 No 11.36% 5 Faculty / Staff are required to change their password every... 3 months 22.73% 10 6 months 34.09% 15 Year 20.45% 9 Never 22.73% 10 Faculty / staff password length requirement.. 6 characters 6.82% 3 8 characters 63.64% 28
8 characters 29.55% 13
Faculty / staff passwords have a complexity requirement (case, numbers, special characters, etc). Yes 92.86% 39 No 7.14% 3 Faculty / staff have a self-service method of resetting their password Yes 84.09% 37 No 15.91% 7 Thomas Carter Network and Operations Manager Austin College 903-813-2564 [cid:image001.gif@01CF3168.F1CFF010]
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