Password Policy

The following are minimum requirements to create as well as protecting password: 

 

 The length of a password is 10 characters and shall comprise at least 2 lowercase, 2 uppercase, numbers, and special characters such as ! @ # $ {} : ” > ? <; 

 Password shall not use part of your login name; and password shall not have part of numbers easily remembered such as birthdays, phone numbers, etc. 

 Password shall not be “remembered” if the “Remember Password” feature in the application program such as Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Safari and Mozilla Firefox are used. 

 For more details refer to the Directives on Cybersecurity for Network and Information Systems for all public institutions in its section 12 page 8 and Minimum Cyber Security Standards for Public Institutions published on the National Cyber Security Authority website.