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'''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:'''

'''Multiple * The ability to control the length and complexity of passwords* The password expiration time period * The password policies''' can be supported by the system. This feature provides frequency usage * The method for less stringent policies sending new requested passwords (via Email Templates) * Word restrictions * The number of retries allowed* The lockout time for types of users that infrequently access the system such as external contacts. Alternative password policies can be set account if they exceed retry quota * Email alerts for any level in the organizational hierarchy.invalid passwords 

There Multiple password policies can also be individual Password supported by the system. This feature provides for less stringent policies for types of users that ''infrequently ''access the different companies in your organizations hierarchy. Howeversystem - for example, they will [[External]] contacts who would only be able to edit use the policy and not the Activation Emailssystem for an application. These emails Alternative password policies can only be configured from set for any level in the [[Global SettingsOrganization hierarchy|Global settingsorganization hierarchy]]. 

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. 

===How to Access the Password Settings Settings===