Within the Government of the Northwest Territories, we are trying to follow “best practices” in terms of safety of information.  As human resource information is considered sensitive, we focus on protecting that data.  Safety features include:

• length of password
• changing passwords regularly
• limiting the number of unsuccessful logon attempts
• limiting the time of inactivity

Similar protections are in place within the Technology Services Centre for your network and mail access.

After five unsuccessful consecutive attempts, the system will lock you out for “safety of information” reasons. You can set-up your forgotten password help to assist in resetting your password; if you are locked out, you must go through the HR Helpdesk to reset your password.