Details

a password brute force attack. Note: Setting SEC_MAX_FAILED_LOGIN_ATTEMPTS to a value other than UNLIMITED may increase an attacker’s

Supportive Information

The following resource is also helpful.

• https://workbench.cisecurity.org/files/580

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.
• CSCv6|16.7

Source

• Tenable.com/audits