The Edge SWG must enforce password complexity by requiring at least one special character be used.

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 determine 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.

Multifactor authentication (MFA) is required for all administrative and user accounts on network devices, except for an account of last resort and (where applicable) a root account. Passwords should only be used when MFA using PKI is not available, and for the account of last resort and root account.

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-special" is not set to "1", this is a finding.

1. Log in to the Edge SWG SSH CLI. 2. Enter "enable" and "configure terminal". 3. Enter "security password-policy min-special 1". 4. Enter "security password-policy min-groups 4".