password complexity
nounverified·updated May 9, 2026
A set of rules that defines what set of characters and the amount of characters a password must contain.
MWEFFIEC Cybersecurity Assessment Tool, Baseline, May 2017
Senses
NIST SP 800-171r3attested usage pack match
No definition is given in NIST SP 800-171r3. The term is attested in use at 1 citation in that document; a definition is pending curation.
Classifications
Entity Type
Credential95%rule-basedr:entity.credential.password.v1
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- plural
- password complexities
- possessive
- password complexity's
- pluralpossessive
- password complexities'