Password Management Operations

You can carry out certain operations like remote password resets and password changes in PAM.

Change Password

You can change the password of an account locally in Securden by navigating to the Accounts tab and selecting the account from the left panel whose password needs to be changed. On the right panel under the Details section, on the right side of the Password field there are three options to Show/Hide Password, Change, and Verify the password. Click on the Change password icon, a Change Password window opens.

There you can enter a new password manually or use the password generator to generate a strong password. You also need to justify the action by entering a reason. Clicking on the Change button will change the password within Securden.

The new password being created must satisfy the complexity requirements so that the strength and robustness of the password is ensured.

Note

The password complexity rules are set under the Password Policy navigating to Admin >> Password Policy

While resetting the passwords, you can take the help of Securden’s password generator, which helps generate strong passwords. (Generate password is located beside the eye icon).

Note

Changing the password on the remote machine is available only in Enterprise PAM Edition of Securden Password Vault.

Password History

You can view all the password changes performed on a particular account from this section of the GUI. This section details the information related to who changed the password, when was the password changed, and the reason for the change. Additionally, you can also perform a filter and search for historical password changes based on attributes such as Modified On, Modified By, and Reason.

Note

The historical data related to password changes of an account are stored indefinitely.