NetCommunity User Password updates

Patrick Clancy

Hi All - we recently received an email from a constituent, stating that they were unhappy at the regular automated emails asking them to update their passwords, pointing us (quite correctly) towards :

Updating password policy as detailed at the NCSC Advice for System Owners responsible for determining password policies and identity management within their organisations at https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/collection/passwords/updating-your-approach, In particular, Tip 4 paragraph 4 - “Regular password changing harms rather than improves security”.

My question is: Can anyone confirm that the system sets the interval for password expiration/updates and if so, can it be overridden? We had no idea that this was happening and would like to be able to reply to the constituent in question.

Thanks!

Miranda Hipple

Hi Patrick!

This is Miranda with Blackbaud NetCommunity support. If you haven't already, please reach out to Customer Support with these questions so we can help in chat or by phone. Password questions can get detailed, so we'll appreciate the opportunity to discuss this with you and answer any questions or concerns that you have.