ANANTH SAI KRISHNA BATTINENI BELLEVUE UNIVERSITY CIS612-T202 – COMPUTER PLATFORMS AND NETWORKING ASSIGNMENT 11.2 Passwords: Passwords provide authorization for a particular user. The correct characters will grant access to operate the system. Every operating system has the option to enable passwords for the computer system to help the user to avoid the unauthorized use of the system. Password Policy: The rules set to make the computer secure are called password policies. The policies provide a way to create a password which is hard for the hackers to steal it. Password Policy in Windows 7: Windows is an operating system created by Microsoft. It …show more content…
At least one character should be a Digit. 4. Symbols and Non alphabetic characters. Reversible Encryption: This is the setting present, when selected it allows the operating system to store the password using reversible encryption which helps to prevent the theft of the password and access to the hackers. Lockout Policy: This is the policy created by Windows to prevent the hackers from hacking the computer system. Lockout policy is one of the setting which locks out the computer after multiple attempts to hack the computer. This setting can be enabled on selecting Local Security Policy and then selecting Account Lockout Policy. Lockout Threshold Policy: This is a setting present to lockout the computer after certain invalid attempts to enter the correct password. This protects from unauthorized users. The value can be set from a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 999 tries. Account Lockout Duration: This is a setting where the authorized user can opt resulting in the lock down of the system for a particular amount of time where unauthorized users cannot operate any function of the system. References: Harden Windows Login Password Policy in Windows 10 / 8 / 7. (2012, September 30). Retrieved November 17, 2015, from