The particular department head is responsible for all use of the account, and for notifying the Computing and Telecommunications office when a group account is no longer needed. D. Password Security. A primary security mechanism protecting the contents of a computer account is the password. Account owners are responsible for maintaining the passwords for their accounts. Passwords for administrative computer accounts should be changed every thirty days.
Compliance is the responsibility of the account owner.
Typically, password history on these accounts is tracked, and a given password cannot be used again for a period of one year. Account owners should avoid choosing passwords that might be easily guessed by others. Computing and Telecommunications may require account owners to change their password, if there is reason to believe that a particular password has been, or may easily be, compromised. E. Revoking accounts. Computing and Telecommunications may revoke accounts at any time if computing privileges are abused, or if computer resources are needed for more urgent purposes.