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V-242645

CAT II (Medium)

For accounts using password authentication, the Cisco ISE must enforce a minimum 15-character password length.

Rule ID

SV-242645r1018746_rule

STIG

Cisco ISE NDM Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V2R3

CCIs

CCI-004066, CCI-000205

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.

Check Content

Verify the min-password length is set to 15.

Show password policy

If the Cisco ISE password policy is not configured to require a minimum 15-character password length, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Configure the password policy.

password-policy min-password-length 15