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The CA-TSS PWHIST Control Option must be set to 10 or greater.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting attempts at guessing and brute-force attacks. If the information system or application allows the user to consecutively reuse their password when that password has exceeded its defined lifetime, the end result is a password that is not changed as per policy requirements.

ID
SV-223890r998491_rule
Version
TSS0-ES-000170
Severity
Medium
References
Updated

Remediation Templates

A Manual Procedure

Evaluate the impact associated with implementation of the control option. Develop a plan of action to implement the following control option setting as specified and proceed with the change.

PWHIST(10) or greater