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MobileIron Sentry must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one upper-case character be used.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

<VulnDiscussion>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. Multifactor authentication (MFA) is required for all administrative and user accounts on network devices, except for an account of last resort and (where applicable) a root account. Passwords should only be used when MFA using PKI is not available, and for the account of last resort and root account.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>

ID
SV-250990r802192_rule
Severity
Medium
References
Updated



Remediation - Manual Procedure

Configure MobileIron Sentry server to enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one uppercase character be used.

1. Log in to the System Manager of Sentry. 
2. Go to Security >> Password.
3. Check "Upper Case". 
4. Select "Apply".