Password Settings

Password Settings is used to define the security password for your device.  This password unlocks access to NotifySync at startup, the NotifySync Security Settings and the Inactivity and Challenge Timeouts.  It is also used, in an altered format, for Duress Notification and as a key for Email Encryption at Rest.  (See Lock Settings and General Security for more on these features.)

You must set a password for the device if you wish to enable the following security features:

•      Inactivity Timeout

•      Challenge Timeout

•      Email Encryption at Rest

•      Password Echo

•      Wipe on Failed Unlock

•      Duress Notification

 

 

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1.  Open NotifySync and press the menu button.

2.  Select Preferences > Security Settings > Password Settings.

Lock Password

Enter a password.  To view the password you have typed, press the menu button and select Show Password.  This password unlocks Security Settings and the Inactivity and Challenge Timeouts.  It is also used, in an altered format, for Duress Notification and as a key for Email Encryption at Rest. The password is case sensitive.

Hint:  If use of a password is enforced through an ActiveSync policy there may be password strength requirements that you must adhere to when creating the password.  Use the pop-up menu option, Show Symbols, to select characters for a special symbols requirement.

Password Expiration

Enable or disable Password Expiration and enter the Number of Days before a password expires in the range of 30 to 365 days.  (Default is 90 days.)  If enabled, fifteen days prior to the expiration, you will be reminded that your password is approaching its expiration.  When the password expires, the device locks.  You must unlock it with the current password and then create a new password at the prompt.

Password History

Enable or disable Password History and enter the Number of Passwords.  (Default is 12 passwords.)  If enabled, this feature prevents you from reusing passwords too soon.  You can choose to store anywhere from 10 to 100 passwords.  EX: If the number of stored passwords is 10, you will not be able to use the past ten passwords.  When you create the 11th password, the oldest stored password becomes available for use again.

Require password
on startup

Enable this option to require a password entry when starting NotifySync.

Number of complex characters

When the server does not or cannot define a setting for character types required in a password, you can set the number of each type of character required. Choose 0, 1, 2, or 3 characters.
(Example: If number of complex characters is 2, the password must have 2 uppercase, 2 lowercase, 2 numeric, and 2 symbol characters.)

3.  Select Save from the menu.