STIGUI
V-223501CAT II — Medium severitySV-223501r1225965_rule

ACF2 PSWD GSO record value must be set to require at least one uppercase character be used.

Rule version ACF2-ES-000840 · STIG v9 · 2026-09-01

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.

Check

From the ISPF Command Shell enter: ACF to enter ACF2 Command shell enter SET CONTROL(GSO) LIST PSWD If NOPSWDUC is listed, this is a finding.

Fix

Configure the GSO option "PSWDUC" to "YES".

Identifiers

Group ID
V-223501
Group title
SRG-OS-000069-GPOS-00037
Rule ID
SV-223501r1225965_rule
Check ID
C-25174r1001104_chk
Fix ID
F-25162r500637_fix