Password Information – Tectonic Engineering Consultants

Tectonic Minimum Password Standards Policy.

Password must be a minimum of 20 characters.
Not to be the same or include UserID login info.
Not to contain repeating or sequential characters.
Contain from at least 3 of the following 4 categories (4 categories are preferred)
- English uppercase characters (A through Z)
- English lowercase characters (a though z)
- Non-alphabetic special characters (for example, - , !, $, #, %)
- Base digits 10 digits (0 through 9)

“Passwords will not expire once changed to the new 20 character minimum” (passwords will be changed if there is a threat or compromised account)

Password Lockout after 6 attempts.

Account must be unlocked by IT Support once users Identity has been confirmed.

Never give out your password or write it down.

Utilize Paraphrase for your password, best way to remember the password and most secure:

Paraphrasing passwords makes it easier to remember and no need to write it down.

Do not use this newly created password for anything else. Only use for your Tectonic Login…

Samples below matching colors above (do not use these sample Passwords):

Groove-showroom-handbrake1 (27character)

Groove-showroom-handbrake1 (27 character meeting the complexity requirements)

Endocrine-Vanilla92

Endocrine-Vanilla92 (20 Character meeting the complexity requirements)

Vicinity$step$Livstock

Vicinity$step$Livstock (22 Character meeting complexity requirements)

Examples of bad passwords

Do not use your children’s names or pet names in your password.

Do not use your Tectonic password for any other login for any reason.

How to Change my Tectonic password (Video and links)

Workstation: (pause as needed)

Mobile Phone or Web Browser

These sites can be used to assist with generating paraphrase passwords. (you will still need to follow the above policy)