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HuskyNET Password Maintenance

Your password for your HuskyNetID (username) gives you access to many services at SCSU, so you should guard it carefully. Your password for HuskyNet should be hard to guess and changed often because it protects you from someone assuming your identity and accessing your personal information. Never give out your password to anyone else.

Remember, you are responsible for activity that occurs under the HuskyNetID (username) assigned to you, so you want to be sure to choose a password that will protect you.

New MnSCU guidelines for secure passwords

The MnSCU Office of the Chancellor has passed a new security guideline that requires all students, faculty and staff to create stronger passwords and change them every 180 days.

What this means to you

Your HuskyNetID password must meet or exceed the following criteria:

  • Be changed at least every 180 days
  • Have a minimum of 8 characters (letters, numbers, or special characters)
  • Have 3 of the 4 types of characters (uppercase, lowercase, numbers, special characters)

In order to comply with this security guideline, SCSU has updated certain systems to require these minimum standards. For your SCSU HuskyNet ID, this change has taken effect on October 1, 2009. If you have not changed your HuskyNet ID password in the previous 180 days, you will be prompted to change your password.

For more information, please review the MnSCU Guideline or contact the HelpDesk at (320) 308-2077.

Quick Tip

Change My Password
Note: You must know your HuskyNetID and current password to be able to change your password.

I Have Forgotten My Password or HuskyNetID
Reset your password or retrieve your HuskyNetID (username).
Note: You must know your SCSU ID and your SCSU ID Password. (Note: This password is different than your HuskyNetID password.)

Creating easy-to-remember, secure passwords

  • Use intentionally misspelled words (e.g. “Braekfast23”)
  • Include a punctuation mark in the middle of a word (e.g. “Wea!ther”)
  • Use numbers or punctuation instead of letters (e.g. “Un1versity” or “Univer$ity”)
  • Use a song title or phrase to create a password (e.g. “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” could become “TwTwLiSt!!”)

(Remember, changing your password can be as simple as taking a word – eight letters or more, capitalizing the first letter of that word and changing one of the letters to a symbol.)

Student Organizations: To reset your organization’s password, have your faculty advisor send a e-mail message to huskynetaccounts@stcloudstate.edu requesting the password reset.