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As an added benefit to your Membership, we have developed an area to allow anyone related to APEGM to login and have a personal view of their relationship with the association.
Anyone who is entered in the APEGM database and is authorized to login to the APEGM members website may claim a password. This is a large and diverse group of people, including new applicants, current members in any membership category, various committee members, guest supervisors of Members-In-Training, people responsible for maintaining Certificate of Authorization information for companies, and more.
In order to claim a password, your name must be entered into the APEGM database along with a valid and current e-mail address. You will then be assigned an APEGM ID number. For Members, this is the number on your APEGM Membership Card. You can then visit the login page and follow the link to claim a new password.
You will be required to enter your APEGM ID number, first name, last name, and e-mail address, which will be checked against our records. You may use either your home e-mail address or your work e-mail address. If we find a match, we will generate a temporary password, and send it to the e-mail address you had just specified.
You will then access your e-mail account to find the temporary password. This is used along with your APEGM ID number to login to the Member's Only area.
Visit the login page and enter your ID and password.
If you are using a temporary password, then you will be directed to a page that will require you to change the password to something of your choosing. This password must be at least one character and there is no maximum number of characters. You will also be required to supply a 'Question' and 'Answer' pair of your choosing, that will be used incase you ever forget your password.
Note that the 'Password' and 'Answer' are both CaSe SeNsItIvE.
After logging in you will be directed to your 'Home Page'. This page highlights the most important relationships you have with APEGM. For example, when an MIT logs in they see a table listing their Progress Reports, while their Supervisors will see a listing of Progress Reports that are awaiting their commentary. Committee Members will see links to any files that they are assigned to review for the next meeting, while Assessment Candidates will see a summary of the exams they have been assigned.
At the left side of the screen there are a list of links that will change based on who is looking. Everyone has the ability to manage their own Contact Information, such as their Home and Work addresses, e-mails, and telephone numbers, their Current Employer and Job Title, and what their 'Preferred' methods of communication are with APEGM. That is, preferred mail and e-mail addresses, to be chosen from either Home or Work. Everyone also has the ability to change their password at any time.
Current Members also have the ability to manage their registration and pay their annual dues. They can also sign up for APEGM sponsored events, and take part in a discussion forum. There is also a 'Member Synopsis' page that reports any information we have regarding your file, allowing you to verify its accuracy.
Towards the bottom of the 'Home Page' there is a text area that will let you communicate with the APEGM office. You can enter messages that can be assigned to appropriate staff members to follow up on, and respond to. Please use this contact method if any information you see is not accurate.
If you ever forget your password, you can go back to the Member's Website login page and select the link to claim a new password. You enter your details again, like the first time, however we will detect that you have already claimed a password. In this case we will display the 'Question' that you entered when you first changed your temporary password. If you can enter the correct 'Answer', then a new temporary password will be generated and sent to the e-mail you had just specified. The 'Answer' is CaSe SeNsItIvE.
If you don't remember your 'Answer' either, then it is possible to contact the APEGM office and they can re-set your password. This will generate a new temporary password that will be sent to your 'preferred' e-mail address as specified in your profile.
The first time you use this new temporary password, you will be required to change it to one of your choosing. You will also be required to supply a new 'Question' and 'Answer' pair.
The Members Website is protected by a SSL certificate that encrypts all network traffic between our server and you. That way, even if the information is 'intercepted' it could not be properly interpreted. It also proves the server actually belongs to APEGM.
All 'Passwords' and 'Answers' are processed though a one-way hash function before they are stored in the database. There is no way for even APEGM to know these values. APEGM will hash the value you provide at login time and compare it with the value stored in the database. Of course, APEGM includes additional information that you do not have access to in both values before it compares them. That way an attacker cannot use a list of common hashed values to try and gain access. The hash function produces a fixed length sequence no matter what input was provided, which is why we do not enforce any constraints beyond a one character minimum. Longer phrases can be easier to remember than complex character combinations. You can change your password at any time after logging in.
The APEGM server is also protected by a firewall that enforces many low-level protection rules.