Details

By limiting the number of failed logon attempts, the risk of unauthorized system access via user password guessing, otherwise known as brute forcing, is reduced. Limits are imposed by locking the account.

Solution

This setting is enforced using the ‘Passcode Policy’ configuration profile.

Supportive Information

The following resource is also helpful.

• https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_Apple_OS_X_10-15_V1R7_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 Unix.

References

• 800-53|AC-7a.
• CAT|II
• CCI|CCI-000044
• Rule-ID|SV-225131r610901_rule
• STIG-ID|AOSX-15-000020
• STIG-Legacy|SV-111639
• STIG-Legacy|V-102677
• Vuln-ID|V-225131

Source

• Tenable.com/audits