Effective in Fall 2014, each NetID owner will be assigned a password expiration date based on their last password change, provided it 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 April 30. An email will be sent to the NetID owner 30 days prior to that 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 one year from the date of the change will be set. 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, desktops, MySlice, Blackboard, and email.
Password expiration occurs everyday, even if it's a Sunday, if it's a holiday, or while you're on vacation. When you are notified that it's time to change your password, please do so promptly.
It's good security practice for protecting 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 stop changing your password because you are no longer affiliated with SU, it expires and the account is automatically disabled so that it can't be hijacked.
Everyone! That is, everyone that has a NetID.
You will be notified by email starting 30 days prior to the expiration date. If you are concerned that you will not be connected to email for some duration in the coming year, change your password so that the expiration date will be set to one year from that day.
No. You should change your password anytime you think someone might know it. Plus, you can change it anytime you want to. Just go to http://its.syr.edu/netid/ and use the link to Change your Password.
Only by changing your password, at which time your expiration date will be set to one year from the day you changed your password.
Go to http://its.syr.edu/netid/ and use the link to Change your Password.