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Re: Password Management Policy & Standards
From: Joanna Grama <jgrama () EDUCAUSE EDU>
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2016 13:20:39 +0000
Hi Carlos, In case it is of any use, the Information Security Guide has a couple of paragraphs on password management, cleverly titled, “To Change or Not to Change? How Often?” You might find those paragraphs useful, as they sum up many of the arguments already shared here. The link is: https://spaces.internet2.edu/display/2014infosecurityguide/Access+Control I would say you need to scroll about half way down this page to get to the password management discussion. Kind regards, Joanna Joanna Grama, JD, CISSP, CRISC, CIPT Director of IT GRC and Cybersecurity Programs EDUCAUSE Uncommon Thinking for the Common Good 282 Century Place, Suite 5000, Louisville, CO 80027 direct: 720.406.6769 | main: 303.449.4430 | jgrama () educause edu<mailto:jgrama () educause edu> From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Von Welch Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2016 8:09 AM To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Password Management Policy & Standards +1 to Scott's comment. Compliance is the best argument for password expiration. I don't believe any risk-based argument holds up when one considers usability costs and the best arguments I've heard I believe are better addressed by locking inactive accounts rather than expiring passwords. Von On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 7:26 PM Bradner, Scott <sob () harvard edu<mailto:sob () harvard edu>> wrote: you should review Gene Spaford’s Security Myths and Passwords http://www.cerias.purdue.edu/site/blog/post/password-change-myths/ and Passwords and Myth http://www.cerias.purdue.edu/site/blog/post/passwords-and-myth/ Scott
On Feb 24, 2016, at 7:19 PM, Carlos Lobato <clobato () NMSU EDU<mailto:clobato () NMSU EDU>> wrote: Hello Colleagues, I'm working on promoting institutional compliance with our current password policy, which requires regular password changes every 120 days for all accounts. However, I would like to know if some of you have created a table or matrix listing all of your type of accounts and if password expiration dates vary depending on the type of account, which would be based on risk. If you have a listing, I would highly appreciate a link or a copy to your document. I am using various resources including the NIST SP 800-118 and I can share with the group after I finish my analysis and potentially re-write our current NMSU password policy to make more realistic. Thank you so much for any input that you may have. Carlos, Carlos S. Lobato, CISA, CISSP, CPA IT Compliance Officer New Mexico State University Information and Communication Technologies MSC 3AT PO Box 30001 Las Cruces, NM 88003 Phone (575) 646-5902 Fax (575) 646-5278
Current thread:
- Password Management Policy & Standards Carlos Lobato (Feb 24)
- Re: Password Management Policy & Standards Bradner, Scott (Feb 24)
- Re: Password Management Policy & Standards Von Welch (Feb 25)
- Re: Password Management Policy & Standards Joanna Grama (Feb 25)
- Re: Password Management Policy & Standards Von Welch (Feb 25)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: Password Management Policy & Standards Mark I. Berman (Feb 26)
- Re: Password Management Policy & Standards Bradner, Scott (Feb 26)
- Re: Password Management Policy & Standards Brad Judy (Feb 26)
- Re: Password Management Policy & Standards David Sheryn (Feb 26)
- Re: Password Management Policy & Standards Mark Borrie (Feb 28)
- Re: Password Management Policy & Standards Joanna Grama (Feb 26)
- Re: Password Management Policy & Standards Brad Judy (Feb 26)
- Re: Password Management Policy & Standards McClenon, Brady (Feb 26)
- Re: Password Management Policy & Standards David Sheryn (Feb 26)
- Re: Password Management Policy & Standards Bradner, Scott (Feb 26)
- Re: Password Management Policy & Standards Bradner, Scott (Feb 24)