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V-279257

CAT II (Medium)

The Edge SWG must enforce a minimum 15-character password length.

Rule ID

SV-279257r1170535_rule

STIG

Symantec Edge SWG NDM Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V1R2

CCIs

CCI-004066

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 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.

Check Content

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 Text

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".