JumpCloud’s Force Password Change Expands User Identity Management Solution

Picture this: You’re an IT admin and you get a frantic message from an employee, Neil, who left his Windows^® computer in the back of a Lyft on a work trip in New York City. Neil is terrified his device could be compromised if his credentials are hacked (what Neil doesn’t tell you is that he’s written down his password on a Post-it Note that’s tucked in his laptop case and, against organizational security protocols, it’s a password he uses to log into several resources).

You spring into action to protect Neil’s identity and the data on his device: You’re logged into the JumpCloud Admin Console, and in under a minute and with just a few clicks you set a new temporary password for Neil, and click “Force Password Change” setting to require him to change the temporary password at the next logon to the device.  Even though Neil’s old password was written on that Post-it Note, anyone who gets ahold of his laptop now won’t be able to use it to log on with Neil’s identity and access any work resources.

Situations like that imaginary one with Neil can happen to any organization, anywhere and any time. It doesn’t matter the size of your organization or the industry you’re in: IT administrators must be able to secure and manage user credentials with ease.

JumpCloud’s new Force Password Change setting can help admins quickly and efficiently protect device and resource access, and more: It expands the directory platform’s user identity management services to ensure IT teams can optimize employee onboarding, meet compliance requirements, and manage password criteria across the full end user lifecycle.

When Does Password Management Begin and End?

Often the first people a just-hired employee communicates with at a new job is an IT admin who’s responsible for setting the end user up on their work device during onboarding. This is the first time an end user needs to create one or multiple passwords to log into their work computer and resources.

Passwords are inherently more secure the fewer people who know them. During onboarding, (Read more...)