Security policies settings
To authenticate users and manage sessions, configure security policies.
Password policies settings
| Policy | Notes | Default value | Min value | Max value |
| Minimum operator identifier (ID) length | 8 | 3 | 64 | |
| Minimum operator password length | 8 | 3 | 64 | |
| Minimum numeric [0-9] characters required in operator password | 1 | 0 | 64 | |
| Minimum alphabetic [a-z, A-Z] characters required in operator password | 1 | 0 | 64 | |
| Minimum lowercase [a-z] characters required in operator password | 0 | 0 | 64 | |
| Minimum uppercase [A-Z] characters required in operator password | 0 | 0 | 64 | |
| Minimum special characters required in operator password | Available special characters include: ` ~ ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) _ + - = { } [ ] | \ : " ; ' < >? , . / | 1 | 0 | 64 |
| Maximum unique historical operator passwords | If the value is 5, you cannot change your password to match any of the most recent five passwords that you used. | 5 | 0 | 128 |
| Maximum operator password age in days |
The maximum number of days before an operator must change the
password.
If you set the value to 0, the password never expires. To set an expiration period for a password, select a value between 1 and 128. | 30 | 0 | 128 |
| Minimum operator password age in days | The minimum number of days before an operator can change the password. | 0 | 0 | 128 |
| Minimum number of different characters between current and new operator passwords | Minimum number of characters that should be different between the current password and the new password when changing the password. | 0 | 0 | 64 |
CAPTCHA policies settings
| Policy | Notes | Default value | Min value | Max value |
| CAPTCHA implementation |
If set to Default, the system displays the CAPTCHA implementation
that is included with
Pega Platform.
If set to Custom, the system displays the custom CAPTCHA implementation enabled for this system. An application can use third-party CAPTCHA solutions on the application login screen. However, a certain amount of developer work is required to prepare the custom ruleset to deliver the third-party resource. | Default | ||
| Enable CAPTCHA Reverse Turing test module | If enabled, the system displays the CAPTCHA upon authentication fails, with a
probability set by the following field. If disabled, no CAPTCHA is displayed, even on login failure. | Disabled | ||
| Probability that CAPTCHA will be presented upon authentication failure (%) | If the CAPTCHA reverse Turing test is enabled, the percentage set here is the likelihood that the CAPTCHA is displayed. | 5 | 0 | 100 |
| Enable presentation of CAPTCHA upon initial login | If enabled, the CAPTCHA is displayed the first time that the user tries to log in to a new system or from a new computer. | Disabled |
Lockout policies settings
| Policy | Notes | Default value | Min value | Max value |
| Enable authentication lockout penalty | Set to Enabled or Disabled. If enabled, after a specified number of failed login attempts, the system imposes a lengthening delay of a number of seconds between every unsuccessful login attempt and the next login attempt. | Disabled | ||
| Failed login attempts before employing authentication lockout penalty | (Used when Enable authentication lockout penalty is Enabled.) After the set number of failed attempts, the user experiences a delay after each further attempt. The delay gets longer with each attempt. | 5 | 0 | 128 |
| Initial authentication lockout penalty in seconds | (Used when Enable authentication lockout penalty is Enabled.) Set the initial delay time. | 8 | 0 | 128 |
| Track login failures duration in minutes | (Used when Enable authentication lockout penalty is Enabled.) After this period of inactivity, the failed login counter is set back to 0. | 60 | ||
| Failed login attempts before password lockout | (Used when Enable authentication lockout penalty is Disabled.) Set the number of allowed failed login attempts before the account is locked. | 0 | ||
| Password lockout duration in minutes | (Used when Enable authentication lockout penalty is
Disabled.) Set the time period for which the account remains
locked after the allowed failed login attempts are exceeded.
| 0 |
Audit policies settings
| Policy | Notes | Default value | Min value | Max value |
| Audit log level |
Set the Audit log level. The options are:
| Basic |
Multi-factor authentication policies (using one-time password)
| Policy | Notes | Default value | Min value | Max value |
| Maximum one-time password failure attempts | Set the allowed number of failed login attempts before the one-time password becomes invalid and another one-time password must be generated. | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Maximum age of one-time password token in seconds | Specify how long a current one-time password can be used to authenticate the user before it becomes invalid and another one-time password must be generated. | 180 | ||
| Validity of one-time password confirmation in minutes | Specify how long a current one-time password confirmation is valid before another one-time password confirmation is required for further transactions in that session. | 60 | ||
| Email account from which one-time password needs to be sent | Specify an email account for sending one-time authentication codes. You can edit
the selected email account by clicking the Add icon. If you do not define an email account or an SMS account, the multi-factor authentication policy is not applied. | |||
| SMS account from which one-time password needs to be sent | Specify
an SMS account for sending one-time authentication codes. You can add an SMS account
by clicking the Add icon. If you do not define an SMS account or an email account, the multi-factor authentication policy is not applied. |
Operator disablement policy settings
| Policy | Notes | Default value | Min value | Max value |
| Number of days of inactivity | Specify how many days a user has to be inactive before being automatically disabled. | 90 | 1 | 90 |
| Exclusion list of operator IDs | Show a list of operators who are excluded from the policy.
Click Add Operator to exclude additional operators from the policy. |
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