After your first login, it is a critical security hardening step to change the default Admin password: Open the and log in. Navigate to the User Management task from the homepage. Select the Admin user from the Administrators group. Click the Properties tab. In the Password settings section, click Change password . Enter and confirm your new strong password, then click OK . Resetting a Lost Password

On modern Genetec appliances and the Config Tool's first run, you are forced to create a strong password (minimum 8 characters, complexity required). The default only works once, immediately after a factory reset or fresh install.

However, there is one very specific scenario where a “default password” concept applies:

For new installations of Genetec Security Center, the default login for the is the username Admin with a blank password .