Details

Setting a lockout time period of 15 minutes is an effective deterrent against brute forcing that also makes allowances for legitimate mistakes by users. When three invalid logon attempts are made, the account will be locked.

Solution

This setting is enforced using the ‘Passcode Policy’ configuration profile or by a directory service.

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-7b.
• CAT|II
• CCI|CCI-002238
• Rule-ID|SV-225132r610901_rule
• STIG-ID|AOSX-15-000021
• STIG-Legacy|SV-111641
• STIG-Legacy|V-102679
• Vuln-ID|V-225132

Source

• Tenable.com/audits