Setting up password policies
By default, JIRA allows you to create a password of any combination and length. For security, organizations often need to have password policies such as password length and complexity to strengthen the passwords, and make them difficult to guess.
In this recipe, we will look at how to set up password policies in JIRA to define the strength of passwords.
How to do it...
Proceed with the following steps to enable and configure the password policy settings:
Navigate to Administration | System | Password Policy.
Select from one of the predefined policy settings, or select the Custom option, and configure the settings yourself.
Click on the Update button to enable the password policy, as shown in the following screenshot:
How it works...
With the password policy configured, every time someone tries to create a new password, JIRA makes sure that the new password satisfies the policy rules. If it does not, error messages are displayed with information on the requirements, as...
