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Add further customization to the password policies for Cloud Directory

We need to configure the password policy for Cloud Directory to be able to set a minimal amount of capital characters. It would also be nice to have more powerful policies, like to disallow numeric progressions, or commonly used passwords, or a forced expiration date for passwords.

  • Guest
  • Jul 29 2020
  • Not under consideration
  • Guest commented
    5 Aug, 2020 02:25am

    Our focus on mitigation the risks with passwords is with conditional multi-factor authentication and alternative-to-password technologies (such as QR and FIDO). Our strategic direction for achieving secure user sessions is through these methods rather than chasing a moving target with user password policy complexity. It's our recommendation to utilize these more modern methods to achieve the desired security result. At this time, we will consider this idea closed. Thank you for your idea!

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