Rule version IMIC-11-004950 · STIG v3 · 2024-07-30
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 information system or application 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.
Satisfies: FMT_SMF.1(2)b Reference: PP-MDM-431025
Verify Core is configured to enforce password history reuse of four last passwords:
1. Log in to the Core console. 2. Security >> Password Policy. 3. Verify "Enforce Password History (Last 4 passwords)" is enabled.
If "Enforce Password History (Last 4 passwords)" is not enabled, this is a finding.
Configure Core to enforce password history reuse of four last passwords:
1. Log in to the Core console. 2. Security >> Password Policy. 3. Check "Enable" for "Enforce Password History (Last 4 passwords)".