Application Settings

These are some basic settings for the whole itmSUITE® environment which can be made by the superadmin only. These settings are available from General/System/Application Settings and they include: password policies management and mail server management.

Password policies manangement

The Password Options tab of General/System/Application Settings enables to activate management policies for the whole itmSUITE® environment (they will be applied to all the defined companies in the environment). When the Enable Policy field is checked, the following fields become editable:

Field	Description	Characteristics	Comments
Password Expiration Days	The number of days the password will remain valid.	Mandatory	The value "0" is entered by default, meaning the password never expires. The expiration days are newly counted after any password reset.
Password Expiration Warn Days	The number of days the user is warned before the password expires.	Mandatory
Change at First Login	When set, this forces the user to change his/her password at first login.	Mandatory
Password Format	When set, this fnable to define the rules to validate a passwordorces the user to change his/her password at first login.	Mandatory	This field is visible only if the Password Options tab is first saved.
Min Password Length	The minimum number of characters of the password.	Mandatory	This field is visible only if Password Format is enabled.
Min Uppercas Characters	The minimum number of uppercase characters which the password should contain.	Mandatory	This field is visible only if Password Format is enabled.
Min Numeric Characters	The minimum number of numeric characters (0....9) which the password should contain.	Mandatory	This field is visible only if Password Format is enabled.
Min Symbolic Characters	The minimum number of symbols ($, &, %, etc.) which the password should contain.	Mandatory	This field is visible only if Password Format is enabled.

It is possible not to set any policy which means no controls on password is made nor passwords expire.

Login Options

The Login Options tab allows to setup autorecovery and login locking features.

Autorecovery

Autorecovery feature allows theuserto recover his/her username and password. If Account Recovery is set, itmSUITE® will supply the needed links to recover username and/or password if lost. This is done by sending to the user a mail to his/her mail address with the instructions to recover the information. Therefore, mail server configuration shall be completed to make it working.

Login locking features

This is a security feature of itmSUITE®, enabling to lock intrusions which try to crack passwords. The feature will lock the user account according to predefined access patterns. The following configurations are available:

Field	Description	Characteristics	Comments
Enable Login lock	The number of days the password will remain valid.	Mandatory
Max Login Attempts	The number of days the user is warned before the password expires.	Mandatory	This field is visible only if Enable Login Lock is enabled.
Lock Management Policy	When set, this forces the user to change his/her password at first login.	Mandatory	This field is visible only if Enable Login Lock is enabled.
Freeze time	When set, this fnable to define the rules to validate a passwordorces the user to change his/her password at first login.	Mandatory	This field is visible only if Enable Login Lock is enabled.
Max Login Sessions	The minimum number of characters of the password.	Mandatory	This field is visible only if Enable Login Lock is enabled.