Security Settings

To update Password and Login security settings for all users:

1. From Management Tools - Security, select Actions - Security Settings.

2. The Security Settings screen displays:

   

   Complete as follows:

   • Expiry Interval - Set an interval for passwords to expire, between:

     • 30 and 90 days in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

     • 90 days in Scotland.

   Make the entry as 30D (30 days) or 90D (90 days).

   Note - This functionality is not available once a staff member updates to Enhanced Security, see Enhanced Security in the Vision 3Front Screen Help Centre for details.

   • Minimum Length - 6 is the minimum number of characters for a password. 12 is a maximum number of characters.

   • Date Passwords Expire - Sets a global date for password expiry. This can be useful in the event of a security violation. Passwords created before the date entered expire on this date and staff are forced to create a new password before accessing the system.

   • Login Retries - The number of times a user may attempt to login before the login process is suspended. By default, this is set to 3. The minimum is 1 and the maximum is 99.
   • Show list of users - Tick to display a list of staff on the log in screen. If you leave this unticked, the staff member must type in their username as well as their password.
   • Lock out user when login failed "retries" times - Tick to retain the number of failed attempts and lock the staff member out if they exceed the Login Retries. Only a System Administrator can then clear failed log ins. See Clearing Failed Logins for details.
     Note - All users can be logged out by this method, so it is important that more than one user has access to the Security module, so that he/she can unlock the other user when they are locked out.

3. Select OK to save.