Select the number of failed login attempts that result in account lockout. This feature may be abused in denial of service attacks. The default setting is No.
The locked-out account is automatically unlocked after the lockout duration as lapsed. The default is 30 minutes.
Below is a video briefing about Account Lockout Threshold, Observation window and Lockout duration
Please follow the below instructions to setup Account Lockout Threshold, Observation window and Lockout duration.
Step 1. Log in as an administrator and select Site Administration
Step 2. Select Site Administration
Step 3. Select Site Administration Tab
Step 4. Scroll down to the Security category
Step 5. Select Site security settings
Account Lockout Threshold Setup
Account Lockout Observation Window
Account lockout Duration
Account Lockout Threshold
Step 1. Follow step 1 - 5
Step 2. Scroll down the list to find Account Lockout Threshold
Step 3. From the drop down list, select the number of times a user can attempt logging in with an incorrect password, before the account is locked. The default is No.
Account lockout observation window
Step 1. Follow step 1 - 5
Step 2. Find the Account lockout observation window.
The observation time for lockout threshold, if there are no failed attempts the threshold counter is reset after this time.. E.g. 5 failed attempts in 30 minutes. If there are no failed attempts in 30 minutes, the observation window is reset.
The default is 30 minutes, but this can be changed to x weeks, days, hours, minutes or seconds.
Account Lockout Duration
If an account has been locked, this dictates how long the account will stay locked before the user can attempt logging in again.
Step 1. Follow step 1-5.
Step 2. Find the Account lockout Duration
Step 3. Set how long you’d like a user to be locked out of their account, before they can attempt logging in again.
Once you have completed setting the Account Lockout Threshold, Account Lockout observation window and account lockout duration scroll to the bottom off the screen and select Save Changes.
Account Lockout has now been set.
