Password management (credential management) gives the organization an opportunity to meet the highest security standards thanks to the ability to have access to business systems and networks under control. Most of the employees usually pick just simple passwords and use the same once in multiple systems or applications. Password management helps to compose strong and unique passwords for both users and resources and ideally takes care of them during the whole user life cycle.
Example
An organization works with midPoint and wishes to use its credential management feature to ensure the information safety. An IT employee responsible for security sets midPoint’s password policy. For example he decides what characters are allowed in the password, how many times they can repeat, how many are required and how they are positioned. He sets minimal and maximal length of the password or the minimal number of unique characters used in it. The outcome is a complex and strong password that lowers the risk of the account being hacked.