Security Settings

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The Security Settings Module allows you to configure the eCASE application security fields. You can use the default values or customize your own settings.

Navigate to Settings > System Configuration > Security Settings.

System configuration options including security settings, email log, and database management.

The Security Settings module displays:

Security settings for password management, including expiration and complexity requirements.

You can edit the following fields and select Save when done editing to keep your security changes:

Security Field

Description

Default Values Checkbox

Select this checkbox for the Security Settings to be configured to the default security settings. Uncheck the box to use custom settings.

Password never expires

Select this box to make sure passwords never expire and never need to be reset

Passwords are valid for

Enter the number of days you would like passwords to be valid for before they need to be reset due to expiration

Remind User

Enter the number of days before the password expiration that you would like the user to be reminded to reset their password

Do not allow reuse of last

Enter the amount of previous passwords used that cannot be reused when creating a new password

Password can contain up to

Enter the amount of repeating characters a password can contain

Minimum password length

Enter the minimum length of a password users can create

Password must contain at least

Enter the amount of Upper Case letters a password will require

Password must contain at least

Enter the amount of Lower Case letters a password will require

Password must contain at least

Enter the amount of Special Characters a password will require

Password must contain at least

Enter the amount of Numeric Characters a password will require

Require Temporary Password Update after Login

Select this box to require temporary passwords to be updated when a user logs in using a temporary password

Login Fails after

Enter the amount of attempts a user will have to login before the account is locked

User Account Inactivation

Select this box to enable user account inactivation

Inactive User Account after

Enter the number of days of non-usage of the application that an account needs to exceed to be inactivated

Session time out after

Enter the number of minutes for a session to time out

Alert user before Session expires for

Enter the amount of minutes prior to log-out that the user is alerted for before his or her session times out

NOTE: Maximum password length is 16 characters. Total password length constitutes of upper case, lower case letters and special, numeric characters.