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title: "Password Policy: Obfuscate The Secret Answer"
description: "**Impact area** Security **Severity** Medium **Affected element** Profile Org Config ## Rule ID **SF-0181** ## Impact Hide answers to security questions as the user types. The default is to show the answer in plain text ## Remediation Enable this setting…"
url: "https://community-staging.qualityclouds.com/qcdocs/qcr/rules/password-policy-obfuscate-the-secret-answer/"
updated: "2025-03-21"
category: Rules
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# Password Policy: Obfuscate The Secret Answer

**Impact area**

Security

**Severity**

Medium

**Affected element**

Profile

Org Config

## Rule ID

**SF-0181**

## Impact

Hide answers to security questions as the user types. The default is to show the answer in plain text

## Remediation

Enable this setting on the Profile.

### Time to fix

30 min

## References

This rule is linked to [Common Weakness Enumeration CWE-521 Weak Password Requirements](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/521.html).