Common use of Password Policy Clause in Contracts

Password Policy.  All system-level passwords (e.g., root, enable, admin, application administration accounts, etc.) must be a complex password with at least 11 characters.  The IT Department enforces the use of 11-digit complex passwords.  All Police Department personnel passwords must meet Criminal Justice Information Systems (CJIS) standards in terms of complexity and the change interval.  Standard users, or non-public safety, are required to change their passwords every one hundred and eighty (180) days.  Weak passwords can put the entire network at risk. IT personnel audit password complexity periodically to insure the security of the City’s network. If your password is determined to be too weak, you will be asked to change your password. Repeated use of weak passwords may result in complexity being enforced by the City’s computer systems.  User accounts that have system-level privileges granted through group memberships or programs must have a unique password from all other accounts held by the user.  Passwords must not be inserted into non-encrypted e-mail messages or other forms of electronic communication.  All user-level and system-level passwords must conform to the guidelines described below: i. General Password Construction Guidelines