Category:
DCPS Password Resets

Subcategory:
DCPS Password Resets

Created:
2010-03-10

Modified:
2013-07-30

DCPS Password Requirements

Question

What are the new DCPS password requirements?

Answer

EFFECTIVE 09/16/2010, DCPS PASSWORD REQUIREMENTS ARE:           
 
--CONTAIN EXACTLY 8 CHARACTERS IN LENGTH                                   
--CANNOT CONTAIN CONSECUTIVE REPEAT CHARACTERS [E.G., PP, 11, !!]         
--CONTAIN AT LEAST 1 UPPER CASE ALPHA   [E.G., A-Z]                        
--CONTAIN AT LEAST 1 LOWER CASE ALPHA                                      
--CONTAIN AT LEAST 1 NUMERIC [E.G., 1234567890]                            
--CONTAIN AT LEAST 1 SPECIAL CHARACTER [I.E., !@#$%&*_?=.:-]              
--CANNOT USE ^ ("CARET" OR SHIFT-6) SPECIAL CHARACTER                      
--CHANGE AT LEAST 4 CHARACTERS FROM PREVIOUS PASSWORD                      
--CANNOT CONTAIN 4 CONSECUTIVE CHARACTERS OF THE USER'S NAME               
--CANNOT CONTAIN LOGON ID                                                  
--CANNOT MATCH LAST 10 PASSWORDS                                           
--CANNOT START WITH MONTH ABBREVIATIONS [I.E., JAN, FEB, MAR, APR, MAY,   JUN, JUL, AUG, SEP, OCT, NOV, DEC]                                
--CANNOT START WITH: ASDF, BASIC, CADAM, DEMO, FOCUS, GAME, IBM, LOG,  NET, NEW, ROS, SIGN, SYS, TEST, TSO, VALID, VTAM, 1234            
THIS NEW FORMAT WILL BE ENFORCED THE FIRST TIME YOU CHANGE YOUR PASSWORD AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE. NOTE ALSO: ONLY ONE SIGN-ON IS ALLOWED PER USER-ID. (Last Updated 06062012)

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