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Effective in Fall 2014, each NetID owner will be assigned a password expiration date based on their last password change, provided it a password change occurred within the last 12 months. Passwords that have not been changed in the last 12 months will be randomly assigned an expiration date between December 3 and May 31. An email will be sent to the NetID owner 30 days prior to that their assigned password expiration date with instructions on how to change the password. Reminders will be sent until the password is changed, at which point a new expiration date will be set to one year from the date of the change. The next notification will be set. If sent 30 days prior to the new expiration date. And so on.
If a password expires, the account will be disabled resulting in loss of access to all services and resources that were supported by the NetID and password. This includes wireless, VPN, desktops, public labs, MySlice, Blackboard, and email.
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It's good security practice to protect your and the University's information. First, passwords are proliferated across systems and become vulnerable the longer they are in use. Passwords can be stolen without your awareness and can be used to access your data (email, pay information, grades, etc.) or to pose as you in criminal activity. Second, when you are no longer affiliated with SU, the eventual expiration of your password is a sure sign that you are no longer need using the account. This allows us to disable the account – it will become disabled so that it can't be hijacked.
Who is affected by the new policy for compulsory password change?
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Your access to the services and resources that depend on your NetID will be suspended. This includes wireless, VPN, desktops, public labs, MySlice, Blackboard and email.
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