The Riverbed NetProfiler must be configured to enforce a minimum 15-character password length.

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.

Satisfies: SRG-APP-000164-NDM-000252, SRG-APP-000170-NDM-000329

Go to Administration >> Account Management >> User Accounts.

Click the "Settings" button.

Check under "Password Requirements".

If "Minimum number of characters" is set not to "15", this is a finding.

Go to Administration >> Account Management >> User Accounts.

Click the "Settings" button.

Under "Password Requirements", change the "Minimum number of characters" to "15".