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Password Rules
The following rules apply when creating your new SPEAR password.
- Minimum length of 8 characters.
- Must contain at lease one upper case letter (A-Z), one lower case letter (a-z), and one digit (0-9).
- Must not contain more than four identical consecutive characters.
- Must not contain the user's login ID.
- Must not be the same as any of the last 12 passwords for that user.
- Must not have any more than five consecutive characters in common with the previous password.
- Any keyboard symbols are allowed, but not required in passwords. They include - ` ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) _ + { } [ ] | \ : ; " ' < , > . ? / .
If you wish to change your password prior to expiry, ensure that you are logged into SPEAR first and then select the Settings hyperlink.
