Re: Password requirements survey

[Tim Faircloth <Tim.Faircloth () GSW EDU>]

I filled out the survey - our password policy follows the USG standard set forth in section 5.8.3 of the Information 
Technology Handbook (http://www.usg.edu/information_technology_handbook/).  We're currently rolling out Specops 
Password Policy and Password Reset (http://www.specopssoft.com/) in order to put technical controls in place for our AD 
environment, and we plan to use SSO for Google Apps (email for students) and LDAP for Desire2Learn.

/tim
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Tim Faircloth
System Administrator, GSW IIT
Phone: 229-931-5076

From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Thomas 
Carter
Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2014 3:17 PM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: [SECURITY] Password requirements survey

I would like to tighten our password policy for better security, and I'm trying to avoid some pushback, I've been asked 
to review our password policies with respect to our peers for additional ammunition against the pushback.

I've created a quick survey of student and faculty/staff password policies:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/828BGPF

I would appreciate any feedback any of you provide. I will summarize the results on this list.

Thanks in advance,
Thomas Carter
Network and Operations Manager
Austin College
903-813-2564
[AusColl_Logo_Email]