Here's what we are doing and what you, too, can do to help maintain security of your account and data. It is well-known that unused accounts pose a security risk. If you don't actively login to your account for several months, then there is a window for illegal activity in your account. From this time on, any account not accessed during the previous six months will be locked. Secondly, users who do not regularly change their passwords pose an increased security risk both to themselves and to the system as a whole.
Passwords are vulnerable to many methods of unauthorized access.
If you have ever shared your account or have an account on another system that has the same password, then again your password is not safe and should be changed. May. This required all users to choose a new password before logging in. In the future, you will be required to change your password every six months. Beginning two weeks before the password is set to expire, you will be notified when you login. It is important to know ahead of time what constitutes a good password, and take the time to choose one carefully.