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The Mainframe Product must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one lowercase character be used.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting attempts at guessing and brute-force attacks. Password complexity is one factor of several that determine how long it takes to crack a password. The more complex the password, the greater the number of possible combinations that need to be tested before the password is compromised.

ID
SV-205497r982293_rule
Version
SRG-APP-000167-MFP-000229
Severity
Medium
References
Updated

Remediation Templates

A Manual Procedure

Configure the Mainframe Product account management settings to require the use of at least one lowercase character in passwords.