Details
A system is more vulnerable to unauthorized access when system users recycle the same password several times without being required to change to a unique password on a regularly scheduled basis. This enables users to effectively negate the purpose of mandating periodic password changes. The default value is 24 for Windows domain systems. DoD has decided this is the appropriate value for all Windows systems.
Solution
Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration >> Windows Settings >> Security Settings >> Account Policies >> Password Policy >> ‘Enforce password history’ to ’24’ passwords remembered.
Supportive Information
The following resource is also helpful.
- https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_MS_Windows_2012_and_2012_R2_DC_V3R3_STIG.zip
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
- 800-53|IA-5(1)(e)
- CAT|II
- CCI|CCI-000200
- Rule-ID|SV-226059r794296_rule
- STIG-ID|WN12-AC-000004
- STIG-Legacy|SV-52853
- STIG-Legacy|V-1107
- Vuln-ID|V-226059