To help you reinforce your portal’s security, TalentLMS lets you apply several password policies to it according to your needs.
Here’s how to change your password policy:
1. Sign in to your TalentLMS account as an Administrator and go to Account & Settings (1).
2. Go to the Security tab (2) and navigate to the Password settings section. Here, you have the following options:
- Enforce password change
Click the arrow button (3) next to this option to enable it and define after how many days users will be forced to change the passwords for their user accounts. Click Apply to save your changes. - Lock account after failed attempts
Click the arrow button (4) next to this option to customize the number of attempts and the duration of the lock, or reset the settings to default. Click Apply to save your changes.
User accounts are locked by default for 5 minutes after 10 failed attempts. If a user’s account is locked, then they’ll get an error message upon trying to login until the timer runs out.
When a user’s account is locked, Admins can unlock them manually from the Users menu, via a dedicated Unlock button that’s found within the Info tab of each locked user’s profile.
| Note: If you’re a legacy customer, you might see an additional option, Enforce password change on first login. Please note that if you enable this option, it can’t be undone. Once enabled, users will need to change their passwords upon logging in for the first time. |
3. Once you’re done configuring the respective options described above, click Save (5) at the bottom of the page.
| Note: When a new user is created by an Administrator and no password is defined for them, a strong password is automatically generated for the new user. A strong password is required to be at least 8 characters long, and contain at least one uppercase letter, one lowercase letter and one number. |