STIGUI
V-223503CAT II — Medium severitySV-223503r1225967_rule

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

Rule version ACF2-ES-000860 · 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.

Password complexity is one factor of several that determines 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

From the ISPF Command Shell enter: ACF to enter ACF2 Command shell enter SET CONTROL(GSO)

LIST PSWD

If "NOPSWDLC" is listed, this is a finding.

Fix

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

Identifiers

Group ID
V-223503
Group title
SRG-OS-000070-GPOS-00038
Rule ID
SV-223503r1225967_rule
Check ID
C-25176r858859_chk
Fix ID
F-25164r500643_fix