Details

Information systems not protected with strong password schemes (including passwords of minimum length) provide the opportunity for anyone to crack the password, thus gaining access to the system and compromising the device, information, or the local network.

Solution

Configure the policy value for Computer Configuration -> Windows Settings -> Security Settings -> Account Policies -> Password Policy -> ‘Minimum password length’ to ’14’ characters.

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)(a)
• CAT|II
• CCI|CCI-000205
• Rule-ID|SV-226062r794298_rule
• STIG-ID|WN12-AC-000007
• STIG-Legacy|SV-52938
• STIG-Legacy|V-6836
• Vuln-ID|V-226062

Source

• Tenable.com/audits