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==Overview==
'''Password PolicyPolicy ''' is used to configure the Password Policies password policies within [[SmartSimple ]] with your organizational policiesstandards. It is best practice to ensure that these policies match the other systems that are deployed by your organization. Consequently ; consequently, these policies provide allow for extensive configuration options.
'''Password Policies include the ability to control; the length and complexity of passwords, password expiration and frequency usage, the method for sending new requested passwords, word restrictions, the number of retries allowed, the lockout time for the account if they exceed the number of retries, email alerts for invalid passwords.following:'''
You can also set individual password policies for the different companies of your organization hierarchy. However, they will be able to ''edit ''the policy only, and not edit the [[Email#Email Templates for User Activation and Password|the Activation Emails]], which can only be configured from [[Global Settings]] by a [[User|user]] with [[Global User Administrator|System Administrator]] [[User Role|privileges]]. : '''Note: '''In all cases of password policies, '''common words '''or '''Common Words or known common passwordscommon ''''''passwords ''' cannot be used as are ineligible to be used as [[SmartSimple]] passwords.
==Configuration - Essentials==
===How to Access the Password Settings Settings===
1. Click on the 9-square menu icon on the top right of your page.
:: {{Icon-Menu}}
2. Under the heading '''Configuration, '''select '''[[Global Settings]]. '''