Details

By limiting the number of failed login attempts within a specified time period, the risk of unauthorized access via user password guessing, otherwise known as brute forcing, is reduced. Limits are imposed by locking the account.

NOTE: Nessus has not performed this check. Please review the benchmark to ensure target compliance.

Solution

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

Click ‘Edit’.

Set the ‘Time interval between failures’ to ‘900’ and click ‘OK’.

Supportive Information

The following resource is also helpful.

• https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_VMW_vSphere_6-7_STIG.zip

This security hardening control applies to the following category of controls within NIST 800-53: Access Control.This control applies to the following type of system VMware.

References

• 800-53|AC-7b.
• CAT|II
• CCI|CCI-002238
• Rule-ID|SV-243105r719558_rule
• STIG-ID|VCTR-67-000046
• Vuln-ID|V-243105

Source

• Tenable.com/audits