Password policies
A password policy dictates the strength and complexity requirements for a password or passphrase. You can choose or define a policy that fits the needs of your organization.
PingOne allows you to assign password policies to populations and includes three built-in policy types. You can customize these policies or create new policies to meet the password requirements for users in the population. Learn more in the following tables.
The built-in password policies include:
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Standard (default): The standard password policy incorporates industry best practices for a typical password policy. The standard policy is the default policy when the environment is created. The default policy is applied to populations for which another password policy has not been selected. You can later choose a different password policy to use as the default.
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Passphrase: The passphrase policy encourages users to use a passphrase instead of a password for stronger authentication. A passphrase can be easier to remember and more secure because of its length.
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Basic: The basic password policy is a more relaxed standard that allows for maximum customer flexibility. Because users are not required to change their passwords, the basic policy can be less secure.
Learn more about viewing, adding, modifying, or deleting password policies in Managing password policies.
Password policy comparisons
Review the following tables to compare the different rules and restrictions applied by each built-in policy.
Password Character Restrictions
| Character Restriction | Standard Policy | Passphrase Policy | Basic Policy | ||
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Not the same as current password (always enabled). |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Is not an exact match for any of the attribute values in the user profile. |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
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Not similar to current password.
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Yes |
Yes |
No |
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Not a common password. |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Has a computational complexity of at least 7 days, based on the Gibson Research Corporation Password Haystacks concept. |
No |
Yes |
No |
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No more than two consecutive repeated characters. For example, |
Yes |
No |
No |
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At least five unique characters. |
Yes |
No |
No |
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Between 8 and 255 characters. |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
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At least one of the following special characters: ~!@#$%^&*()-_=+[]\{}|;:,.<>/? |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
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At least one number. |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
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At least one uppercase letter. |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
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At least one lowercase letter. |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
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No more than two or three sequential numbers (configurable). For example, |
No |
No |
No |
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No more than two or three sequential letters (configurable). For example, |
No |
No |
No |
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No more than three sequential QWERTY keyboard characters. For example, |
No |
No |
No |
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No more than three sequential symbol row characters. For example, |
No |
No |
No |
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Supports all printable UTF-8 characters. |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |