{"id":1232,"date":"2015-02-27T19:34:39","date_gmt":"2015-02-27T19:34:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/technology\/?p=1232"},"modified":"2015-03-16T20:12:01","modified_gmt":"2015-03-16T20:12:01","slug":"mandatory-password-change-for-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/technology\/2015\/02\/27\/mandatory-password-change-for-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Mandatory Password Change for Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">We are hard at work updating the network, back up, connections and security. As you can probably imagine, this is an absolutely huge task. We are putting a new filter in place and implementing lots of security measures to help keep everyone safe. You have probably read or heard about the numerous data breeches that other companies have faced. This is a major concern for all of us. I know that changing a password is not at the top of everyone\u2019s \u201cto-do\u201d list. However, it is currently a necessary evil. With that in mind, we will be enforcing a password change for all users. We are also updating our password policies.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>The new password requirements will be as follows:<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li4\"><span class=\"s3\">Passwords must be different than previous passwords.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\"><span class=\"s3\">Passwords must be at least 5 characters long.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\"><span class=\"s3\">Passwords must contain characters from\u00a0<b>three<\/b>\u00a0of the following four categories:<\/span>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li4\"><span class=\"s3\">Uppercase characters<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\"><span class=\"s3\">Lowercase characters<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\"><span class=\"s3\">Number (0 through 9)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li4\"><span class=\"s3\">Nonalphanumeric characters: ~!@#$%^&amp;*_-+=`|\\(){}[]:;\u201d\u2018&lt;&gt;,.?\/<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s4\"><b>Passwords must be changed between Friday (February 27th) at 8:00 am and Tuesday, March 16th at 5:00 p.m.<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Any user without a password change during that time will be locked out from EMAIL\u00a0and signing into a computer.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">There are two ways that you can change your password:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol class=\"ol1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Simply go to the Staff Page on the Dearborn Schools website, click on Staff, then click on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dearbornschools.org\/passwordchange\"><span class=\"s5\">Change your Password<\/span><\/a>\u00a0(under Productivity). Follow the prompts of entering your Login (User name only &#8211; the stuff before the @ sign), current (old) password and the new password twice.\u00a0<i>*Note that the new password MUST meet the new criteria &#8211; see below.<\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Sign on to a Windows computer that is on our network. Depress the CRTL | ALT | DELETE keys. Select <i>Change password<\/i> from the Task manager. Follow the prompts of entering your current (old) password and the new password twice. <i>*Note that the new password MUST meet the new criteria &#8211; see below.<\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p class=\"p6\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Some tips:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The easiest way to create a secure, memorable password is to use a phrase or multiple words that create a picture.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>TLDR: Please change your password. New criteria is in place.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are hard at work updating the network, back up, connections and security. As you can probably imagine, this is an absolutely huge task. We are putting a new filter in place and implementing lots of security measures to help keep everyone safe. 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