Enabling Password protection

Unrestricted access of users to the application and its settings can reduce the overall security level of the host. Password protection allows to limit user access to the application.

To enable password protection:

1. Open the Kaspersky Security Center Administration Console.
2. In the console tree, select the Policies folder.
3. Select Kaspersky Endpoint Agent policy and open its properties window in one of the following ways:
   • Double-click the policy name.
   • Select Properties in the policy context menu.
   • Select the Configure policy settings item in the right part of the window.
4. In the Application settings section select the Security settings subsection.
5. In the Password protection group of settings select the Apply password protection check box.
6. Enter a password and confirm it.
7. In the upper right corner of the settings group, change the switch from Unaffected by policy to Under policy.
8. Click OK.

Password protection is enabled. If a user attempts to perform a password protected action, the application prompts the user to enter the password.

The application does not check the strength of the specified password. We recommend that you use third-party tools to verify the strength of the password. The password is considered strong enough, if verification results confirm that the password cannot be guessed for at least 6 months.

The application does not prohibit from entering password after many attempts of entering incorrect password.

See also Configuring user permissions Enabling and disabling Self-Defense

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