STIGUI
V-65097CAT II — Medium severitySV-79587r1_rule

If multifactor authentication is not supported and passwords must be used, the DataPower Gateway must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one lower-case character be used.

Rule version WSDP-NM-000056 · STIG v1 · 2017-10-05

Discussion

Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting attempts at guessing and brute-force attacks.

Password complexity is one factor of several that determine how long it takes to crack a password. The more complex the password, the greater the number of possible combinations that need to be tested before the password is compromised.

Check

Search Bar “Administration” >> Access >> RBM Settings >> Password Policy. If Require mixed case is Off, this is a finding.

Fix

Search Bar “Administration” >> Access >> RBM Settings >> Password Policy. Set Require mixed case to On.

Identifiers

Group ID
V-65097
Group title
SRG-APP-000167-NDM-000255
Rule ID
SV-79587r1_rule
Check ID
C-65723r1_chk
Fix ID
F-71037r1_fix