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CA-ACF2 must prevent the use of dictionary words for passwords.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

If the operating system allows the user to select passwords based on dictionary words, then this increases the chances of password compromise by increasing the opportunity for successful guesses and brute-force attacks.

ID
SV-223477r1001097_rule
Version
ACF2-ES-000590
Severity
Medium
References
Updated

Remediation Templates

A Manual Procedure

Configure the GSO record to include PSWDRSV and PSWDRSVW.