Guidelines -- DCC -- University of Utah

Password Guidelines

Password Guidelines:
Your password must be at least 8 characters or more. Your new password may not match the first 8 characters of your previous 3 passwords.

For security purposes, your password is required to have these four elements in the first 8 characters:
a number
a symbol, such as $, &, @, %, _, *
a lowercase letter
a capital letter

Your password may not contain slashes (/).

A good way to create a strong password is to think of a sentence that will be easy for YOU to remember -- but hard for others to guess. Here are some examples:

I spent 2 weeks at Laguna Beach Is2wk@LB

I'm 100% Californian 100%Cal!

My three brothers are Dan, Alan & Jason 3Bro=DAJ

Security Guidelines: Do NOT include these items in your password:

A date or combination of characters that look like a date, such as birthdays or anniversaries

Personal information such as name or Social Security Number

License plate number or a combination of characters resembling a plate number

Repeated patterns: ababab, 123123

Reversed patterns: abcccba, 987654

Keyboard sequences: asdfasdf, ;lk;lk

A function key (Sun-style fn keys)

Why So Complex? A strong password keeps others from accessing your personal data and safeguards the information you may be entrusted to protect.