Re: inital passwords for students

["Joel L. Rosenblatt" <joel () COLUMBIA EDU>]

Hi,

Our students activate their accounts using their ssn/dob - once the
account is active, we require password change every 6 months

Thanks,
Joel Rosenblatt


Joel Rosenblatt, Director Network & Computer Security
Columbia Information Security Office (CISO)
Columbia University, 612 W 115th Street, NY, NY 10025 / 212 854 3033
http://www.columbia.edu/~joel
Public PGP key
http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x90BD740BCC7326C3


On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 9:33 AM, Yost, Davis <yost () northwood edu> wrote:
> Group,
>
>
>
> Looking for guidance on emailing initial passwords to students, dose anyone
> do this?  What do you use for the initial password?  How often do you
> require students to change there password?
>
>
>
>
>
> Thank you,
>
>
>
> Davis Yost
>
> Associate Director of Security and Networks
>
> Northwood University
>
> yost () northwood edu
>
> 989.837.4185 office
>
> 989.859.7761 cell