Password Authentication Policy Items

This section describes the available Password Authentication policy items that restrict users access to the Vocera system.

Password security policies only apply to user accounts created in the Vocera system.

System administrators can design and customize the access and authentication features for users based on the password authentication security policies listed in the following table.

Policy Items Description

Password expiration

Adds a password expiration policy item to force passwords to expire after the configured number of days. Enabling Password Expiration means a value must be provided for the number of days before a password expires.

Password Expiration (in days) must be between one and 1000.

The default Password Expiration limit is 30 days.

Password retention

Restricts users from reusing one or more expired passwords. Users are unable to reuse a password as long as it is retained.

Password retention (in days) must be between one and 1000.

The default Password retention limit is 90 days.

Note:

You must enable the "Password expiration" policy item first in order to configure the "Password retention" policy item. Once the "Password expiration" policy item is enabled, the "Password retention" policy item is available to select from the drop down list.

Password maximum number of invalid attempts

Sets a limit for the maximum number of times users can attempt to enter their password. When the invalid attempts number is exceeded without entering the expected password, the user is locked out of the device.

The default number of invalid attempts is 3.

You can enter a value between 1 to 10 to set a limit to the number of invalid attempts.

Password minimum number of characters

Sets a limit to the minimum length for passwords regardless of the types of characters in the passwords.

Password minimum number of characters must be between two and 64.

The default value is 4 characters.

The password minimum number of characters policy item is one of the policy items included in the Default Security Policy, and you can edit or remove this item from the Default policy.

Password minimum number of digits

Sets a limit to the minimum number of digits required in a password. You can add the Password Minimum Number of Digits policy item to a security policy if the Password Minimum Number of Characters is first configured in the policy. Adding this item requires passwords to contain a minimum number of numerical characters.

Password Minimum Number of Digits must be between one and 64.

Password minimum number of lowercase characters

Sets a limit to the minimum number of lowercase (a-z) characters required for a password. Adding this item requires passwords to contain a minimum number of lowercase characters.

You can configure a value between 1 to 64.

The default value for Password minimum number of uppercase characters is one.

You must configure the "Setting Password Minimum Number of Characters" policy item before configuring this policy item.

Password minimum number of uppercase characters

Sets a minimum number of uppercase character requirement for a password. Adding this item requires passwords to contain a minimum number of uppercase (A-Z) characters.

You can configure a value between 1 to 64.

The default value for Password minimum number of uppercase characters is one.

You must configure the "Setting Password Minimum Number of Characters" policy item before configuring this policy item.

Password minimum number of special characters

Sets a minimum number of special character requirement for a password. Adding this item requires passwords to contain a minimum number of special characters.

You can configure a value between 1 to 64.

The default value for Password minimum number of special characters is one.

You must configure the "Setting Password Minimum Number of Characters" policy item before configuring this policy item.

For a list of supported special characters, see the Supported Special Characters section.

Supported Special Characters

The following table displays a list of supported special characters include:

Symbol Name Symbol Name Symbol Name Symbol Name
Space , Comma . Period ? Question Mark
; Semicolon : Colon - Hyphen Apostrophe
Quotation Mark ! Exclamation Mark @ At Sign # Number Sign
$ Dollar Sign % Percent Sign ^ Caret & Ampersand
* Asterisk ( Open Parenthesis ) Close Parenthesis + Plus Sign
/ Slash < Less Than = Equal Sign > Greater Than
[ Open Bracket \ Backslash ] Close Bracket _ Underscore
' Accent { Open Brace | Vertical Bar } Close Brace
~ Tilde