Password rules

The following rules apply to the passwords used to log in to the Management Portal:

1. The password must be at least  10 characters long. Leading and trailing spaces will be trimmed.
   
2. The password must contain at least:
   • one alpha character (a-z and A-Z)
   • one numeric character (0-9)
   • one special character from this set:
     ` ! @ $ % ^ & * ( ) - _ = + [ ] ; : ' " , < . > / 
     
3. The password must not:
   • contain spaces
   • begin with an exclamation ( ! ) or a question mark ( ? )
   • contain your login ID
   • contain your registered email address
     
4. The password cannot contain repeating character strings of 3 or more identical characters. E.g. "1111" or "aaa"
   
5. The sequence of the first 3 characters cannot be in your login ID
   
6. Passwords are treated as case sensitive
7. Password cannot repeat any of the previous 24 passwords used