KNOX-07-000100 - The Samsung Android 7 with Knox must be configured to enforce a minimum password length of six characters.

Information

Password strength is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting guessing and brute force attacks. The ability to crack a password is a function of how many attempts an adversary is permitted, how quickly an adversary can do each attempt, and the size of the password space. The longer the minimum length of the password is, the larger the password space. Having a too-short minimum password length significantly reduces password strength, increasing the chance of password compromise and resulting device and data compromise.

SFR ID: FMT_SMF_EXT.1.1 #1a

Solution

Configure the Samsung Android 7 with Knox to enforce a minimum password length of six characters.

On the MDM console, set the "Minimum Length" value to "6" or greater in the "Android Password Restrictions" rule.

Note: When device encryption is enabled (always enabled by the DoD configuration), Samsung Android 7 with Knox automatically enforces a minimum length of "6".

See Also

https://iasecontent.disa.mil/stigs/zip/U_Samsung_Android_OS_7_with_Knox_2-x_V1R1_STIG.zip

Item Details

Category: IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION

References: 800-53|IA-5(1)(a), CAT|III, CCI|CCI-000205, Rule-ID|SV-91211r1_rule, STIG-ID|KNOX-07-000100, Vuln-ID|V-76515

Plugin: MDM

Control ID: 5793fbfafc7ea14f6e07eb8a040fa225f854a9315800455eec4dfd17555556db