User Login Responsibilities

After starting the AUP with legalities and required components, it might be nice to discuss something less daunting, like user login responsibilities. This section is nothing more than a summary of the authentication policy (see Chapter 5, “Authentication and Network Security”). Here, the user highlights are covered—the items they should know even if they have not read the entire policy document.

One simple method to get the point across is to prepare a bulleted list of short statements to include in the AUP. Those items could say

  • You will be required to enter your username and password in order to log in to the network.

  • If you enter your password incorrectly three times in a row, your account will be locked and ...

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