AP® Cybersecurity glossary

Password policy

Course: AP® Cybersecurity Shows up in: Unit 4: Securing Devices

A managerial control setting password requirements: length, age, reuse, construction rules and password managers.

Appears in the course and exam description (CED): 4.3.A.2

Why it matters in Unit 4

Login settings put the policy into practice.

Example

Passwords of at least 12 characters, no reuse of the last 5.

Learn it properly, with a checkpoint 4.3 Protecting Devices

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