The Cisco ACI must enforce a minimum 15-character password length.

Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting attempts at guessing and brute-force attacks. Password length is one factor of several that helps to determine strength and how long it takes to crack a password.

The shorter the password, the lower the number of possible combinations that must be tested before the password is compromised. Use of more characters in a password helps to increase exponentially the time and/or resources required to compromise the password.

1. Navigate to Admin >> AAA >> Security. 2. In the Work pane, choose Default Settings >> Edit. 3. In the Properties section, verify "Password Strength Check" is checked.

If the Cisco ACI fabric is not configured to enforce a minimum 15-character password length, this is a finding.

1. Navigate to Admin >> AAA >> Security. 2. In the Work pane, choose Default Settings >> Edit 3. In the Properties section, verify "Password Strength Check" is checked. 4. In the dialog box that opens, verify "Password Minimum Length" is set to "15".