Ithaca College

Beginning on November 20th a more secure password will be required for all Parnassus accounts (used by student employees for viewing payslip information).

The new password rules are as follows:

• Must be at least 8 characters
• Must consist of a combination of letters, numbers and one or more of the following special characters:
• ! (exclamation point)
• % (percent sign)
• * (asterisk)
• + (plus sign)
• - (dash or minus sign)
• ? (question mark)
• _ (underscore)
  
• Cannot contain the username for that system
• Will expire every 120 days
• Cannot be a password that has been used within the last 18 months

Students may be prompted to change their Parnassus password on that day, or at any point over the following 120 days, depending on when the password was last changed. Stronger passwords for other systems (Novell, email, Web, etc.) will also go into effect in the coming months.

Additional guidelines for safeguarding your passwords as well as tips for how to create a secure password that is easy to remember can be found in this guide.

Students who forget their Parnassus password can use the I forgot my password link on the login screen to request a new temporary password.

These new password rules are a necessary change toward better security for our most sensitive information systems and data. In an era when college and university computers and networks are under frequent attack by those seeking unauthorized access to confidential information, we must take prudent steps to protect our systems.

Please contact the ITS Helpdesk (helpdesk@ithaca.edu or 4-3282) if you have questions or experience problems creating a new password for Parnassus.