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TO: County Directors of Social Services
County Security Officers
Crisis Intervention Program (CIP) Users
DATE: August 30, 2011
SUBJECT: New Procedures for Password Assignment in CIP
I. BACKGROUND
Due to a recent audit review, we have been requested to modify the password requirement in the Crisis Intervention Program (CIP) System. CIP is being modified to accommodate new procedures for assigning passwords. These changes will be implemented in two phases.
The first phase will be placing an edit on the password to require it to be a minimum of 8 characters. The second phase will be to make the password expire after 90 days. We do not yet have an implementation timeline for these phases. However, users will be notified of changes prior to implementation.
II. PASSWORD ASSIGNMENT PHASES
A. Phase One
Currently CIP does not limit the number of characters in a password. In Phase One, CIP will be modified to require a minimum of 8 characters for the password. However, until programming can be completed, new users must immediately begin creating new passwords that are a minimum of 8 characters (no blanks) in length. These characters can be alpha, numeric, or a combination of the two. Special characters may also be used in the password.
B. Phase Two
Currently passwords do not expire in CIP. Once Phase Two changes are implemented, passwords will expire every 90 days. A message will be displayed alerting the user that the password must be changed.
New Procedures for Password Assignment in CIP
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III. IMPLEMENTATION
Upon receipt of this letter, current CIP users are instructed to assign themselves a new password as specified in Phase One. Once both phases of this project have been implemented, an email will be sent to each user for him/her to change their password again.
Sincerely,
Hank Bowers, Chief
Performance Management/
Reporting & Evaluation Management
PM-REM-AL-02-2011
HB:RR:th
cc: Ajay Maddi, DIRM
Dale Suggs, DIRM
Kent Walton, DIRM
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