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SIAM settings

You can use the Settings page in Signicat IAM (SIAM) to manage platform behaviour, login methods, password rules, account lockouts, registration, and user lifecycle automation.

To learn how to do this, see the relevant sections below.

Accessing SIAM settings

To view the settings, select Settings in the left menu of your SIAM platform. If you have read-only access, you can review the current values but cannot change them.

Find and update a setting​

To find and update a setting, do the following:

  1. Log in to your SIAM platform.
  2. Go to Settings in the left menu.
  3. Search across all settings categories to find the relevant section, or open a category directly.
  4. Update the relevant values.
  5. Save and confirm your changes. You can also discard your changes to restore the last saved values.

The sections below follow the settings categories in SIAM and explain what each setting controls. Your current values depend on how your platform has been configured.

Search coverage

The search functionality covers every category. This means that you do not need to know where a setting is located before looking for it.

Settings with time units​

For settings with a choice of time units, the allowed range applies to the total duration. If you change the unit, then it rounds the value to the nearest valid whole unit.

Important

When changing the time unit, you should always review the converted value before saving.

General and platform settings​

These settings control your platform identity, redirects, language and outgoing emails. To find your current settings, do this:

  1. Log in to your SIAM platform.
  2. Go to Settings in the left menu.
  3. Click General and platform settings.

Login methods​

SIAM administrators can control the authentication methods and two-factor authentication (2FA) requirements for their platform's users. To find your current settings, do this:

  1. Log in to your SIAM platform.
  2. Go to Settings in the left menu.
  3. Click Login methods.
Login identifiers

Keep at least one login identifier enabled: email address or username.

Want to learn more?

For more information about the available authentication methods, see the SIAM Login methods page.

Password rules​

SIAM administrators can control password strength, reuse, expiration and compliance with their password policy. To find your current settings, do this:

  1. Log in to your SIAM platform.
  2. Go to Settings in the left menu.
  3. Click Password rules.

The table below shows the password rules that apply to your platform alongside the default password policy values. As a SIAM administrator, you can customise these values and check the platform's settings for the policy that applies to your users.

Password strength measures how predictable a password is. A password can meet the length and character-count requirements and still fail the strength check. Disabling a character-count requirement, the strength requirement or common-password checking leaves the other checks in place.

To learn more about how these rules apply to your users when they create or update a password, see the Password policy section.

Lockout policies​

These settings control temporary and permanent account locking. To find your current settings, do this:

  1. Log in to your SIAM platform.
  2. Go to Settings in the left menu.
  3. Click Lockout policies.

Registration and onboarding​

These settings control how users register, onboarding links, redirects, status tracking, and expired-record cleanup. To find your current settings, do this:

  1. Log in to your SIAM platform.
  2. Go to Settings in the left menu.
  3. Click Registration and onboarding.

User lifecycle and maintenance​

These settings control password recovery, inactive accounts, and automated user cleanup. To find your current settings, do this:

  1. Log in to your SIAM platform.
  2. Go to Settings in the left menu.
  3. Click User lifecycle and maintenance.
Deleting users

Settings that automatically delete users remove those accounts permanently. Review the related retention settings before enabling automatic deletion.

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