Passwords are an important piece of the Oneonta IT Security strategy. Chief among them is your Oneonta domain password which grants you access to such services as computer logons, e-mail, web site authoring, dial-in privileges and computer registration.
Oneonta’s IT Security Policy (www.oneonta.edu/technology/security ) contains provisions intended to keep passwords secure. These include password expiration (to limit the time a hacker could make use of a stolen password) and password complexity (to make passwords difficult to guess or crack). Those who have created a new account or changed their password recently, were required to select a secure password. However, many of us have not done so since the requirements were implemented. If you have not changed your password or created your Oneonta account within the past 180 days, it will expire on October 16, 2007 and you will need to select a secure password at that time. (Note to Banner Users – This does not include your Banner password. ) You may change your password at any time by visiting https://www.oneonta.edu/useradmin/passwordchange.htm . Thereafter, your password will expire every 180 days.
Your password must meet the following criteria:
- Your password must be kept confidential and NEVER shared with anyone.
- It cannot be the same as your first/last name or user-id.
- It must be between 8 and 14 characters long – you cannot use a blank password.
- It must contain at least 3 of these 4 character types
- Uppercase letters A, B, C ...
- Lowercase letters a, b, c ...
- Numerals 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
- Symbols found on the keyboard (all keyboard characters not defined as letters or numerals) ` ~ ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) _ + - = { } | [ ] \ : " ; ' < > ? , . /
- Your password will expire after 180 days (roughly 6 months).
- Its minimum age is 7 days (you must wait 7 days after a password change to change it again).
- The password cannot be the same as any of your last five passwords.
When selecting a new password, you should choose a phrase that is easy to remember but hard to guess such as “2&2isfour” or “iloveMondays!” It is also a good idea to change your password early in the day and early in the week. If you change it on Friday afternoon, chances are you will not remember it on Monday morning! If you have stored your password in any applications (such as Sophos for home use ) remember to change it in those applications as well. Please choose a new password that meets the requirements above and visit https://www.oneonta.edu/useradmin/passwordchange.htm to change it as soon as you are ready.
