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password complexity

nounid 3515·updated May 9, 2026
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A set of rules that defines what set of characters and the amount of characters a password must contain.

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Classifications

Entity Type

Credential95%rule-basedr:entity.credential.password.v1

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
password complexities
possessive
password complexity's
pluralpossessive
password complexities'

Framework definitions

FFIEC Cybersecurity Assessment Tool, Baseline, May 20171 senseview framework →
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A set of rules that defines what set of characters and the amount of characters a password must contain.
NERC CIP-007-6 (System Security Management) v61 senseview framework →
§1
A set of rules that defines what set of characters and the amount of characters a password must contain.

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