Users can change some or all of their passwords using the Hitachi ID Bravura Pass web portal. The password policy is clearly explained on-screen and enforced interactively.
Using an interactive web page to change passwords has educational benefits but requires user awareness and cooperation.
Process
Password change and/or synchronization from a web browser works as follows:
- User: decides to change his password(s) or has been prompted
to by e-mail or a "web pop-up" during the login process.
- User: manually or automatically opens a web browser, navigates
through the Intranet to the Bravura Pass application.
- Bravura Pass: authenticate the user, typically with a current password.
- Bravura Pass: prompts the user to enter a new password.
- User: types a new password, selects some or all accounts.
- Bravura Pass: validates password quality, possibly
returns the user to previous step.
- Bravura Pass: resets the password on selected systems
to the new value.
- Bravura Pass: displays a status page to the user.
- Bravura Pass: creates a ticket on an incident management system.
- Bravura Pass: sends the user a confirmation e-mail.
User Notification
Users do not normally volunteer to change their own passwords. A process for reminding users to periodically change their passwords is described here.
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Reminder to change passwords
Content:
- A user is reminded, via e-mail, to change passwords.
Key concepts:
- Users never volunteer to change passwords.
- Mobile users are not reminded to change passwords by Windows, so an e-mail helps them avoid lockouts.
- An interactive web UI can educate users about password policy and in-scope systems, so is often preferable to the Windows “Ctrl-Alt-Del” UI.