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V-284518

CAT II (Medium)

The Ivanti Policy Secure must be configured to enforce the limit of three consecutive invalid logon attempts, after which time it must block any login attempt for 15 minutes.

Rule ID

SV-284518r1244923_rule

STIG

Ivanti Policy Secure NDM Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V1R1

CCIs

CCI-000044

Discussion

By limiting the number of failed login attempts, the risk of unauthorized system access via user password guessing, otherwise known as brute-forcing, is reduced.

Check Content

1. In the Web UI, navigate to Authentication >> Auth Servers >> Administrators.
2. Under the section "Account Lockout", verify "Enable Account Lockout for users" is checked.
3. Verify "Maximum wrong password attempts" is set to "3".
4. Verify "Account Lockout Period in Minutes" is set to "15".

If account lockout is not configured to enforce the limit of three consecutive invalid logon attempts, after which time it must block any login attempt for 15 minutes, this is a finding.

Fix Text

1. In the Web UI, navigate to Authentication >> Auth Servers >> Administrators.
2. Under the section "Account Lockout", check the box for "Enable Account Lockout for users".
3. Under the section "Account Lockout" set "Maximum wrong password attempts" to "3".
4. Under the section "Account Lockout" set "Account Lockout Period in Minutes" to "15".
5. Click "Save Changes".