Common Profile Options in APPS

Password Profile Options

1) Sigon Password Length

Default= 5 Char

Recommended= 6 Chars

2)Signon Password Hard to Guess

Default=No

Recommended=Yes

3)Sigon Password No Reuse

Default=0(Zero) -No limit on resuse

Recommended=At least 180 Days

4)Sigon Password Failure Limit

Default=0 attempts- no lockout

Recommended=3

Implement custom workflow to notify admin of lockout

Security Profile Options

1)Sign-on:Audit Level

Default=None

Recommended=Form

Use Standard Sigon Audit report to view data

Truncate FND_SIGNON_XXXX tables periodically

2)Sign-on:Notification

Default=No

Recommended=Yes

3)ICX:Session Timeout

Default=None

Recommendation=30 Mins

Also Set Jserv Sessiontimeout in Zone.properties

Diagnistics Profile Options

1)Utilites:Diagnostics(Forms)

Default=No

Recommendation=No a Site Level , No for sysadmin

2)Hide Diagnostics Menu entry(forms)

Default=no

Recommendation=Yes at site level, No for sysadmin

Hides Disgnostics menu

3)FND:Disgnostics(Self Service)

Default=no

Recommendation=No

Require APPS Password to use Examine function

Usually set to Yes durning development