The Cisco ASA must be configured to enforce a minimum 15-character password length.
Severity | Group ID | Group Title | Version | Rule ID | Date | STIG Version |
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| medium | V-239914 | SRG-APP-000164-NDM-000252 | CASA-ND-000490 | SV-239914r1015256_rule | 2024-08-22 | 2 |
| Description |
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| 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. |
| ℹ️ Check |
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| Review the ASA configuration to verify that it is compliant with this requirement as shown in the example below. password-policy minimum-length 15 If the ASA is not configured to enforce a minimum 15-character password length, this is a finding. |
| ✔️ Fix |
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| Configure the Cisco ASA to enforce password complexity by requiring a minimum 15-character password length as shown in the example below. ASA(config)# password-policy minimum-length 15 |