Password requirements survey results

[Thomas Carter <tcarter () AUSTINCOLLEGE EDU>]

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
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