V-69175

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.

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From the vSphere Web Client, go to Administration >> Single Sign-On >> Configuration >> Policies >> Password Policy. 

View the values of the password format requirements. The following password requirement should be set at a minimum: Minimum Length: 15. 

If this password policy is not configured as stated, this is a finding.