STIGUI
V-65091CAT II — Medium severitySV-79581r1_rule

The DataPower Gateway must enforce a minimum 15-character password length.

Rule version WSDP-NM-000053 · STIG v1 · 2017-10-05

Discussion

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 need to be tested before the password is compromised. Use of more characters in a password helps to exponentially increase the time and/or resources required to compromise the password.

Check

Search Bar “Administration” >> Access >> RBM Settings >> Password Policy. If Minimum length is Off, this is a finding

Fix

Search Bar “Administration” >> Access >> RBM Settings >> Password Policy. Set Minimum length to at least 15

Identifiers

Group ID
V-65091
Group title
SRG-APP-000164-NDM-000252
Rule ID
SV-79581r1_rule
Check ID
C-65717r1_chk
Fix ID
F-71031r1_fix