| Changed Your Password Lately?
If not, please close all running software and go to...
https://www.purdue.edu/apps/account/ChangePassword
...and log in with your current password to change
your password.
After you change your password, log off or restart your computer immediately.
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Dear College of Education,
Purdue's password policy now states that most users who do NOT have access to sensitive or restricted data must change their password every 120 days. User with access to sensitive or restricted data must change their password every 30 days.
If you have not changed your Career Account password within the last 120 days, this is just a friendly reminder to do so. You can change your password using the “change your password” link near the bottom of the ITaP web site,
http://www.itap.purdue.edu/
Or you can use the following link,
https://www.purdue.edu/apps/account/ChangePassword
For some exciting reading, the Purdue IT policy affecting passwords can be found here (see the “Password” section):
Authentication and Authorization Policy
http://www.purdue.edu/policies/pages/information_technology/v_1_2.html
Passwords (excerpt)
Campus electronic communications systems or services must identify users and authorize access by means of passwords or other secure Authentication processes (e.g. biometrics or smartcards).
Passwords are an important aspect of IT Resource security. They are often the first level of protection for user accounts. A poorly chosen password may result in the compromise of University IT Resources. All users of Purdue University IT Resources are responsible for taking appropriate steps, as outlined herein, to select and secure their passwords.
Authorized OVPIT staff may check the strength of passwords on a periodic or random basis. If a weak password is detected, the user will be required to change it.
Password Requirements:
- All passwords must be changed at least every thirty (30) days.
- Each successive password must be unique. Re-use of the same password will not be allowed for six password change cycles.
- Passwords must be a minimum of eight characters long.
- All passwords must conform to the standards for creating strong passwords located at: http://www.itap.purdue.edu/security/procedures/passguidelines.cfm.
- Centralized Authentication services will be used to automatically check, where technically possible, passwords based on the above standards at the time a user changes their password.
- Passwords must not be inserted into e-mail messages or other forms of electronic communication without the use of encryption.
- Passwords should never be written down and left in plain sight, or stored in plain text online. If a password must be written down, it should be locked up and stored in a place difficult for others to access.
- Passwords or accounts should never be shared with anyone, including trusted friends or family members. Account owners will be held responsible for any actions performed using their accounts. Purdue University IT staff will never ask users for their passwords.
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And all twelve Purdue IT policies can be found here:
Purdue IT Policies
http://www.purdue.edu/policies/pages/information_technology/info_tech.html
Happy & safe computing! :-)
-- Education IT (edit@purdue.edu)
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Robert Evans
Director, Office of IT
Managing Director, TRC
bob@purdue.edu
(765) 496-1819
Mike Eldridge
Coordinator of Distance
Education and User Services
eldridge@purdue.edu
(765) 49-40944
Christian Mattix
Database System Administrator
and e-Portfolio Coordinator
cmattix@purdue.edu
(765) 494-3416
Wesley Shoop
Site Specialist, User Services
shoopw@purdue.edu
(765) 49-42658
Alex Noguera
Site Specialist, User Services
anoguera@purdue.edu
(765) 49-42659
Teja Josyula
Webmaster,
edit@purdue.edu
(765) 49-67323
Brenda Hash
Clerk,
Technology Resources Center
trc@purdue.edu
(765) 49-45677
Karen Hearn
Clerk,
Technology Resources Center
trc@purdue.edu
(765) 49-45677
Yue Pan
Graduate Programmer,
Administrative Databases
ypan@purdue.edu
(765) 49-42658
IEducation IT Voice:
(765) 49-42658
TRC Voice:
(765) 49-45677
TRC Web Site:
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