Password Management Infosheet (U11)

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Introduction

Document Purpose

This document provides an overview of the LiveVox password management functionality. It also includes general guidelines for the client level SFTP credentials.  

Password Management features

General Guidelines

LiveVox portal and agent portal access:

• Username and password are case sensitive. With the password management feature enabled, the following restrictions are implemented.
  • Password strength is selectable at three levels:
    • Medium:  User and agent passwords must be a minimum of eight characters in length containing at least one digit, one letter, and must not match the previous four passwords for that user or agent credential.
    • Strong: User and agent passwords must be a minimum of eight characters in length containing at least one digit, one letter, one special character, and must not match the previous four passwords for that user or agent credential.

    • Very Strong: User and agent passwords must be a minimum of twelve characters in length containing at least one digit, one letter, one special character, and must not match the previous four passwords for that user or agent credential.

      Special characters supported are the ASCII printable characters and they are:  (space) ! " # $ % & ' ( ) * + , - . / : ; < = > ? @ [ \ ] ^ _ ` { | } ~

  • Permitted voice portal users can set the account password temporarily and force the users or agents to change the password on the first login or when the password is updated. If permitted voice portal users change the password for their own user account, they are not prompted to change the password. This feature is configurable at the client level and applied to both users and agents.

  • User and agent passwords expire after a specified period. The timeframe is configurable at the client level, is set to 90 days by default, and applied to both users and agents. Password management will lock out users and agents after a number of failed login attempts. The allowed number of failed logins is configurable at the client level for users and agents. By default, both users and agents are allowed 5 failed logins. Passwords are encrypted for all users, meaning that passwords are not stored in clear text anywhere in the system including the database. This is configurable at the client level.

    • LiveVox uses AES-256 encryption.

• SFTP site access:
  • Users can upload campaign files or retrieve generated reports from their LiveVox SFTP site. LiveVox uses the SFTP protocol by default.  If you require FTP instead, please contact Client Services -  client-services@livevox.com.
    • If utilizing the voice portal's integrated FTP Browser, a user's voice portal credentials are used (password requirements described above).
    • If utilizing a 3rd party SFTP browser application, specific SFTP credentials provided by LiveVox are used. These credentials adhere to the following standards:
      • SFTP usernames and passwords are case sensitive.
      • SFTP passwords must be a minimum of eight characters in length and contain at least 1 digit.
      • SFTP passwords do not expire.
      • SFTP encrypts commands and data both, preventing passwords and sensitive  information from being  transmitted  in  the  clear  over  a network.

Security Settings

Users in Sysadmin role can manage LVP and Agent password security settings in the Security tab of the Client editor.  Sysadmins have the option to configure the following for LVP users and agents:

• Password  Expire  Days -Set  number  of  days  for  the  password  expiration.  Applies  to  both users and agents.

Agent Desktop editor - General Tab