The Tanium Operating System (TanOS) must enforce 24 hours/1 day as the maximum password lifetime.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

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ID: SV-254843r866070_rule
Severity: Medium
References: CCI-000198
Updated: about 1 year ago

1. Access the Tanium Server interactively.

2. Log on to the TanOS server with the tanadmin role.

3. Press "C" for "User Administration Menu".
4. Press "L" for "Local Tanium User Management".

5. Press "B" for "Security Policy Local Authentication Service".

6. Type "Yes".

7. Set the value for "Define the minimum password in days [0 - 20]" to "1".

8. Press "Enter" to accept the current values for the rest of the options.

9. Type "Yes" to apply the new security policy.

The Tanium Operating System (TanOS) must enforce 24 hours/1 day as the maximum password lifetime.

Description

Remediation - Manual Procedure