Password Security Levels

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

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Written by Zaheer Haral
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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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