The DataPower Gateway must prohibit password reuse for a minimum of five generations.

Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting attempts at guessing and brute-force attacks.

To meet password policy requirements, passwords need to be changed at specific policy-based intervals.

If the network device allows the user to consecutively reuse their password when that password has exceeded its defined lifetime, the end result is a password that is not changed as per policy requirements.

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

Search Bar “Administration” >> Access >> RBM Settings >> Password Policy. Set Control reuse to On, set Reuse history to at least 5.