The Workspace ONE UEM must enforce the limit of three consecutive invalid logon attempts by a user.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
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- ID
- SV-251263r805093_rule
- Severity
- High
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
Configure WS1 UEM to enforce a limit of three invalid logon attempts for a local account.
1. Log in to the WS1UEM console.
2. Go to Settings >> Admin >> Console Security >> Passwords.
3. Configure "Maximum invalid login attempts" to 3.