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V-273195CAT II — Medium severitySV-273195r1098852_rule

Okta must enforce a minimum 15-character password length.

Rule version OKTA-APP-000650 · STIG v1 · 2026-08-31

Discussion

Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting attempts at guessing and brute-force attacks. Password length is one factor of several that helps to determine strength and how long it takes to crack a password. The shorter the password, the lower the number of possible combinations that need to be tested before the password is compromised.

Use of more characters in a password helps to exponentially increase the time and/or resources required to compromise the password.

Check

From the Admin Console: 1. Select Security >> Authenticators. 2. Click the "Actions" button next to the "Password" row and select "Edit". 3. For each listed policy, verify the "Minimum Length" field is set to at least "15" characters.

If any policy is not set to at least "15", this is a finding.

Fix

From the Admin Console: 1. Select Security >> Authenticators. 2. Click the "Actions" button next to the "Password" row and select "Edit". 3. For each listed policy: - Click "Edit". - Set the "Minimum Length" field to at least "15" characters.

Identifiers

Group ID
V-273195
Group title
SRG-APP-000164
Rule ID
SV-273195r1098852_rule
Check ID
C-77286r1098850_chk
Fix ID
F-77191r1098851_fix