CICS Password Rules

As of August 16th 2017, the following rules apply when selecting a new mainframe (CICS) password:

1. Must be changed every 90days
2. Cannot reuse last 7 passwords
3. All letters in password folded to upper case.(Case insensitive)
4. Password length must be 8 characters
5. Password can have A-Z,0-9 and special characters $@
6. Password must have at least one character from three of the following four character types
   1. Numbers: 0123456789
   2. Consonants: BCDFGHJKLMNPQRSTVWXYZ
   3. Vowels: AEIOU
   4. Special Characters: $@
7. Password cannot contain portion of person’s name of 4 characters or more.
8. At least 4 character positions must change values from old password to new password. For example, it is not valid to change just a single numeric digit or to change a three letter month abbreviation to create a new password.
9. Password must not be one of restricted words. Example below:
   1. PASSWORD
   2. *A few bad words *

A simple web page that produces valid password examples has been setup at http://cics.latech.edu/password_ideas.

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