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Florida SHOTS BlogRecent Security Posts
Importance of Maintaining Your Organization’s Personnel List
Organizations are responsible for ensuring that only authorized personnel have access to Florida SHOTS. Local Organization Administrators (LOA) need to routinely review the Personnel List to ensure only those users that need access remain active. Any user that is no longer with the organization must have their access terminated upon separation. Users who are no longer part of the organization and are not terminated are still able to access protected information and are able to add or edit information in Florida SHOTS. In addition, in an effort to continue to maintain a secured site, organizations will have an annual User Confirmation period. LOAs will have a 90-day period to confirm all the users that need to continue with access. You can find step-by-step instructions on maintaining your Personnel List and complete the user confirmation HERE. Also available in Spanish.
Florida SHOTS User Confirmation
Starting in June, every enrolled organization will be required to confirm users in Florida SHOTS. Local Org Administrators (LOAs) must participate in this process to ensure personnel records are maintained and only authorized users have access to Florida SHOTS. Organizations will be assigned a 90-day period where its LOA must confirm current users in their assigned service sites who need access to Florida SHOTS. At the end of this period, any users not confirmed will no longer have access. Questions? We've got you covered! See step-by-step instructions in our short video or this quick guide.
Florida SHOTS: User Confirmation
Florida SHOTS will introduce the User Confirmation process to improve system security through the review of user access. During the organization’s 90-day User Confirmation period, the Local Organization Administrator (LOA) will confirm that users affiliated with the organization should be granted continued access. Users who are not confirmed at the end of the organization’s 90-day period will no longer have access to Florida SHOTS. Information on how to complete the user confirmation can be found HERE.
Upcoming Local Organization Administrator Update
In our continued efforts to keep Florida SHOTS safe and secure, Florida SHOTS released an update prompting users to review their profile. Users must provide an email address and select the site(s) of the location(s) where they work. Soon, the next phase of this release will be deployed for the Local Organization Administrators (LOA) to confirm those users for their site. When a LOA logs in to Florida SHOTS, they will be provided with a list of system users under their organization who can access Florida SHOTS. To make sure these system users have continued access to Florida SHOTS, the LOA will need to confirm that that the users are still affiliated with the organization and should be granted continued access. This confirmation process is expected to be completed annually during the organization’s enrollment date anniversary.
Florida SHOTS User Profile Review
When a user logs in to Florida SHOTS, they will be directed to their User Profile page, where they must provide a valid email address for future communications and indicate one or more Service Sites where they work. Users will be given some grace period to complete the information on the profile page. If the information is not completed after the grace period, the user’s access to Florida SHOTS functionality will be restricted until the missing profile information is provided. See our new short video for step-by-step instructions!
INDIVIDUAL FLORIDA SHOTS ACCOUNTS
Remember that all users must have their own individual login information, and this is not to be shared with anyone. Florida SHOTS contains confidential patient information, and we thank all our users for your commitment to protecting the confidentiality and security of the system! Users can contact their Local Organization Administrator, or the Florida SHOTS help desk at 877-888-7468, option 2 for account assistance.
NEW PASSWORD REQUIREMENTS
As of October 8, 2022, new Florida SHOTS passwords must have the following parameters: Must be 10 to 30 characters long Must contain at least 1 lower-case, 1 upper-case, 1 number and 1 special character Cannot contain common password words such as “password”, “admin”, “12345”, etc Cannot contain more than 4 of the same repeating characters Cannot contain your system user ID Cannot be any of the previous 3 password used or any password used in the last 90 days Users will need to use new requirements when the system prompts them to update their password.