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Did you know? You have the ability to set up security question and answers while managing your password

Community_User
Saviynt Employee
Saviynt Employee
Originally posted on June 26 2020 at 22:07 UTC



  1. What is the purpose of security question and answer?

Security questions on any on-line service are designed to validate that a user is who they say they are. They are part of a general strategy on identification, which assumes that any person has several ways they can uniquely identify themselves:

  1. Something they know
  2. Something they have in their possession
  3. Something they “are”


  1. When can a user set his/her security questions and answers?
  1. When the user logs into SSM for the very first time
  2. When the user/identity wishes to reset his/her security answers from user profile dropdown




  1. When is the user prompted to answer the security questions?
  1. When the user resets his own password
  2. When the user forgot his/her password and clicks on Forgot Password link in SSM login page



  1. Can you configure to show/hide security question and answer?

Yes, we can configure to show/hide based on below config in Global configuration>Preferences section

  1. Do you have the ability to send notifications to the user when his/her own security question and answers change?

Yes, you can set up the email template in below config in Questionnaire List page



Sample Email template


  1. What are the other validations which you have when entering security question and answers?
  1. You can set the minimum length of security answer
  2. You can set the maximum length that can be used for security question
  3. You cannot set the same answer for multiple security questions
  4. You cannot use any word from security question in the answer
  5. You can use blacklist dictionary for security answers wherein the blacklisted words cannot be used in security answers


  1. Can you localize the security questions?

Yes, you can localize the questions and it is saved in corresponding language messages.properties when you change the language from user profile dropdown






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Community_User
Saviynt Employee
Saviynt Employee
Originally posted on June 29 2020 at 11:18 UTC

Thanks Aarthi.

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