Before you change your Murdoch Password in the MAIS database, select a new password by following these requirements and recommendations:

MAIS Others

You may also use these instructions.

Murdoch Password Requirements

• Your password must include:
  1. at least 6 to 8 characters long (do NOT try to enter more than 8 characters)
  2. at least one letter (ie. an alphabetic character)
  3. at least one special character (eg. + - = % _ BUT NOT an & or "), or one numeric character

The rest of the Murdoch Password can be a mixture of characters, including UPPER and lower case alphabetic characters)

• Your password must NOT include:
  
  1. characters used sequentially more than twice, such as eee or ttt
  2. parts of your names (including parts spelled backwards)
  3. three or more sequential characters from one part of your name (including characters entered backwards)
  4. three or more sequential numerals from your Staff Number [or MAIS Person Number, if you are a MAIS Other] (including numerals entered backwards)
  5. simple keyboard patterns of three or more characters, such as qwerty or jkl or 123 (including characters entered backwards)

Murdoch Password Recommendations

1. No names of anybody or anything associated with you (e.g. relatives, workmates, pets)
2. No numbers associated with you (eg. vehicle license plate number, telephone number, date of birth)
3. No word found in an English or foreign language dictionary
4. No place names
5. No proper nouns
6. None of the above spelled backwards
7. None of the above followed or preceded by a single numeric character

If you are having trouble formulating a Murdoch Password, the following is one suggested practice.

Select a phrase or quote that you know well,
eg. "Twinkle twinkle little star, how I wonder what ..." and adapt it by substituting one of the alphabetic characters with one or more numeric character. Remember you can use a total of 6, 7 or 8 characters.

eg. ttl*hiw8

Ready to change your password now?

If you a staff member, then use this link to login to the Murdoch Password Change System, or select from the articles below for further instructions.