PANW-NM-000053 - If multifactor authentication is not available and passwords must be used, the Palo Alto Networks security platform must enforce a minimum 15-character password length.

Information

Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting attempts at guessing and brute-force attacks. Password length is one factor of several that helps to determine strength and how long it takes to crack a password.

The shorter the password, the lower the number of possible combinations that needs to be tested before the password is compromised. Use of more characters in a password helps to exponentially increase the time and/or resources required to compromise the password.

Solution

Go to Device >> Setup >> Management.
In the 'Minimum Password Complexity' window, select the 'Edit' icon (the gear symbol in the upper-right corner of the pane).
In the 'Minimum Length' field, enter '15'.
Check the 'Enabled' box, then select 'OK'.
Commit changes by selecting 'Commit' in the upper-right corner of the screen.
Select 'OK' when the confirmation dialog appears.

See Also

https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_PAN_Y24M07_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

References: 800-53|IA-5(1)(a), CAT|II, CCI|CCI-004066, Rule-ID|SV-228648r997657_rule, STIG-ID|PANW-NM-000053, STIG-Legacy|SV-77213, STIG-Legacy|V-62723, Vuln-ID|V-228648

Plugin: Palo_Alto

Control ID: fa5b1be0436b87c28ec2b75e618a3612932e5b15e6ae71b6675cf82703139196