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Ensure ‘Minimum Password Complexity’ is enabled

Details

This checks all new passwords to ensure that they meet basic requirements for strong passwords.

Rationale:

Password complexity recommendations are derived from the USGCB (United States Government Configuration Baseline), Common Weakness Enumeration, and benchmarks published by the CIS (Center for Internet Security).

Solution

Navigate to Device > Setup > Management > Minimum Password Complexity.
Set Enabled to be checked
or
Execute the following CLI command:
[email protected]#set mgt-config password-complexity
+ block-repeated-characters Block repeated characters count
+ block-username-inclusion Block inclusion of username and it’s reverse
+ enabled Enable minimal password complexity enforcement
+ minimum-length Minimum password length
+ minimum-lowercase-letters Minimum lowercase letters in the password
+ minimum-numeric-letters Minimum numeric(0-9) letters in the password
+ minimum-special-characters Minimum special characters(non-alphanumeric) in the password
+ minimum-uppercase-letters Minimum uppercase letters in the password
+ new-password-differs-by-characters New Password must differ by the count chars
+ password-change-on-first-login Password must change on first time login
+ password-change-period-block Password change block period
password-history-count Save password history for password changes
> password-change password-change
Finish input
# commit

Default Value:
Not enabled.

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 Palo_Alto.

References

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Updated on July 16, 2022
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