Mandatory Password Security Requirements:

1. Passwords must be at least eight (8) characters in length
2. Passwords must contain characters from at least three (3) of the following four (4) classes:

English upper case letters        A,B,C,...Z
English lower case letters        a,b,c,...z
Westernized Arabic numerals  0,1,2...9
Non-alphanumeric ("special characters") such as punctuation symbols: !,@,#...

Under no circumstances should the Passwords contain your username or any part of your full name or other easily identifiable information.

Tips to create secure and easy to remember passwords:

• Choose a line from a song or poem and use the first letter of each word; e.g., "Four Score and Seven Years Ago 2005" may become: "4s&7YA2**5".
• Choose two short words and link them together with a punctuation character; e.g., "1american;pie" or "70s+songs" or "1cool_cat".
• Choose a short word or group of words and replace one or more letters with symbols(s) or numbers(s); e.g., "Los Angeles" becomes " Los_@ngeles" or "MyPorche" may become "MyP*rch3".