ICT acceptable use policy

Passwords

Self-generated passwords must not be easily guessable for example ‘letmein123’, 'Password1.  They should not consist of keyboard patterns or sequential numbers for example qwerty, 12345.

You must protect passwords from unauthorised disclosure.

You must not  record passwords unless it is done so securely, and you are the only one who can access is it.

You must not use the same password across different accounts (work and private) and, or applications.

Software and hardware default passwords must be changed.

You must register for the corporate password self-reset function. If you do not and you require a password change you must be prepared to identify yourself when contacting the IT service helpdesk.