Details

Application/service account passwords must be of sufficient length to prevent being easily cracked. Application/service accounts that are manually managed must have passwords at least 15 characters in length.

NOTE: Nessus has not performed this check. Please review the benchmark to ensure target compliance.

Solution

Establish a policy that requires application/service account passwords that are manually managed to be at least 15 characters in length. Ensure the policy is enforced.

Supportive Information

The following resource is also helpful.

• https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_MS_Windows_Server_2016_V2R3_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-224823r569186_rule
• STIG-ID|WN16-00-000060
• STIG-Legacy|SV-87881
• STIG-Legacy|V-73229
• Vuln-ID|V-224823

Source

• Tenable.com/audits