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XCCDF
DBN-6300 NDM Security Technical Implementation Guide
SRG-APP-000166-NDM-000254
SRG-APP-000166-NDM-000254
An XCCDF Group - A logical subset of the XCCDF Benchmark
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SRG-APP-000166-NDM-000254
1 Rule
If multifactor authentication is not supported and passwords must be used, the DBN-6300 must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one upper-case character be used.
Medium Severity
Use of a complex passwords 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 is, the greater the number of possible combinations that need to be tested before the password is compromised.