The Edge SWG must enforce a minimum 15-character password length.
Severity | Group ID | Group Title | Version | Rule ID | Date | STIG Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| medium | V-279257 | SRG-APP-000164-NDM-000252 | SYME-ND-000600 | SV-279257r1170535_rule | 2026-02-25 | 1 |
Description
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 must be tested before the password is compromised. Use of more characters in a password helps to increase exponentially the time and/or resources required to compromise the password.
ℹ️ Check
1. Log in to the Edge SWG SSH CLI.
2. Enter "show configuration".
3. Move down the configuration to the "security password-policy" section.
If the configuration "security password-policy min-length" is not set to "15", this is a finding.
✔️ Fix
1. Log in to the Edge SWG SSH CLI.
2. Enter "enable" and "configure terminal".
3. Enter "security password-policy min-length 15".
4. Enter "security password-policy min-groups 4".