Set ‘Password Expiration’ to ’90’ or less

Details

You can configure this setting to specify how long before passwords expire and users must change them.

Rationale:

The longer a password exists the higher the likelihood that it will be compromised by a brute force attack, by an attacker gaining general knowledge about the user, or by the user sharing the password. Configuring this setting to 0 so that users are never required to change their passwords is a major security risk because doing so allows a compromised password to be used by a malicious user for as long as the valid user has authorized access to the system.

Solution

To implement the recommended state, execute the following PowerShell cmdlet:

Set-MobileDeviceMailboxPolicy default -PasswordExpiration 90

Supportive Information

The following resource is also helpful.

This security hardening control applies to the following category of controls within NIST 800-53: Identification and Authentication.This control applies to the following type of system Windows.

References

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Updated on July 16, 2022
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