I imagine this process is more about ensuring the employee is the one entering the new password, rather than the malicious actor - which would easily be possible if a simple password reset email was sent out.

A password has nothing to do with validating your identity, it’s merely about authentication.

Authentication (n):
Computing
the process or action of verifying the identity of a user or process.

I don’t enjoy how Calibre works. The way it manages its library in a folder separate to where/how I store my ebooks rubs me the wrong way. It also seems to like adding itself to metadata and messing with stylesheets.

I gotta admit though, nothing else even comes close to replacing it.

I think more to the point is that there’s already a word with this meaning.

anomia