About the Password Policy

To access GE Digital APM, all Security Users must have a valid user ID and password. By default, GE Digital APM requires that all passwords meet a certain set of baseline conditions, which are defined in the baseline password policy.

An administrative user can change the baseline password policy to make it more or less restrictive, as needed.

Note: Some baseline password restrictions are hard-coded and cannot be overridden by an administrative user. For example, passwords cannot be empty.

Baseline Password Policy

The following table identifies the baseline conditions that all passwords must meet, and indicates whether or not each condition can be modified by an administrative user.

Condition	Baseline Value	Modifiable?
Can have spaces?	False	No
Can be empty (blank)?	False	No
Can contain the Security User's first name, last name, or User ID?	False	No
Minimum length	5	Yes
Requires uppercase and lowercase letters?	False	Yes
Requires numeric values?	False	Yes
Requires symbols?	False	Yes
Maximum number of sequential alphabetic or numeric characters (e.g., 123, abc).	2	Yes
Maximum number of sequential characters that can be reused from a previous password.	3 Example: If your previous password was June1, your new password cannot be June2 because you cannot reuse the four characters June.	Yes
Minimum number of days a password will be kept on file.	365	Yes
Number of failed attempts before the account is locked.	6	Yes
Maximum number of days before a password must be changed.	60	Yes