• IT administrators experience an increase in calls to the Help Desk about forgotten passwords or password resets.
  
• IT is increasingly challenged by network intruders who attempt to gain access by guessing passwords or seizing upon weak ones.
  
• End-users have to remember multiple passwords and which password to use for each application.
  
• End-users working remotely or at non-traditional hours are unable to gain secure access or manage their passwords

• Stronger authentication - Use of Password, username and challenge question-and-answer required for successful login
  
• Highly configurable and secure self-service password recovery using either the Microsoft Active Directory or Domino HTTP password
  
• Site seals for preventing phishing attempts
  
• Prevention of multiple logon sessions – multiple users cannot login with the same credentials at the same time
  
• Time-of-day login restrictions to identify and prevent hacking after hours
  
• Inactive user lockout after n days to identify and stop access to dormant user accounts
  
• Validation of password strength during login to enforce password policy changes
  
• Email alerts to administrators when strike-out counts are exceeded - administrators can set strike-out counts by user and group
  
• And more…
  

• Self-service password management and reset from any Web browser, and without Help Desk intervention.
  
• Multi-password synchronization, including the Domino HTTP, Microsoft Windows, and LDAP passwords and the Notes ID file - users only need to have one password and can achieve single sign-on access to all Domino domains
  
• Account strikeout logging functionality
  
• Self-registration
  
• Auditing
  

• Strengthening authentication and securing the authentication process while dramatically reducing Help Desk calls regarding password resets, enabling IT to allocate fewer resources for managing passwords
  
• Helping IT achieve security best practices — functionality such as password quality, history, expiration, 3-strikes and last login — through its ability to define password rules and numerous password preferences
  
• Enabling secure access to corporate intranets and extranets, while protecting applications and content from illegal usage
  
• Providing tremendous cost savings, not only by minimizing Help Desk calls, but also heading off potential security breaches caused by hackers, poor password quality, and other issues that can arise in the password authentication and management process
  
• Meeting corporate objectives by allowing end-users and IT to diminish downtime and increase productivity, and by incorporating security best practices

Password Power 8 Web Set Password Plug-In's features fall into three categories: