Details
The longer a password is in use, the greater the opportunity for someone to gain unauthorized knowledge of the passwords. Scheduled changing of passwords hinders the ability of unauthorized system users to crack passwords and gain access to a system.
Solution
Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Windows Settings -> Security Settings -> Account Policies -> Password Policy -> ‘Maximum password age’ to ’60’ days or less (excluding ‘0’ which is unacceptable).
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)(d)
- CAT|II
- CCI|CCI-000199
- Rule-ID|SV-226060r794295_rule
- STIG-ID|WN12-AC-000005
- STIG-Legacy|SV-52851
- STIG-Legacy|V-1104
- Vuln-ID|V-226060