In order to make sure passwords are not easy to guess or hack they must now obey a set of complexity rules. The rules are

1. Passwords must be between 8 and 50 characters in length
2. Passwords must meet 3 of the 4 character rules below
   • Passwords should contain at least 1 digit
   • Passwords should contain at least 1 uppercase letter
   • Passwords should contain at least 1 lowercase letter
   • Passwords should contain at least 1 non-alphanumeric character(i.e. a special character like !@£$%^&*())
3. Passwords can't contain an alphabetic sequence of 5 characters or more (e.g. abcde)
4. Passwords can't contain a numeric sequence of 3 or more (e.g. 123)
5. Passwords can't contain a keyboard sequence of 5 or more (e.g. qwert)
6. Passwords can't contain a repeated character of 4 or more (e.g. aaaa)
7. Passwords can't contain your user ID
8. Changed passwords can't be the same as your current password