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Password Security Levels

This article aims to explain and define what the password security setting (1-5) entails.

Written by Zaheer Haral

Depending on your internal security protocols you might wish to choose another setting for the password security level your users have to fulfil.

In the platform under Admin > Settings > Company Details > Password Settings, you determine the password strength on a scale of 1-5.

Each password level has the same character specifications:

  • A minimum of 8 characters.

  • It must include at least 1 letter (uppercase or lowercase).

  • At least 1 number (0-9).

  • At least 1 special character (!$#%-_*"€()=?^~).

The further levels are determined by integers as follows below.

Password Security Levels by integers

Scores in the password security levels (1-5) are integers from 0 to 4:

  • 0 means the password is extremely guessable (within 10^3 guesses), dictionary words like 'password' or 'mother' score a 0

  • 1 is still very guessable (guesses < 10^6), an extra character on a dictionary word can score a 1

  • 2 is somewhat guessable (guesses < 10^8), provides some protection from unthrottled online attacks

  • 3 is safely unguessable (guesses < 10^10), offers moderate protection from offline slow-hash scenario

  • 4 is very unguessable (guesses >= 10^10) and provides strong protection from offline slow-hash scenario

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