BlackBerry PlayBook OS must enforce a minimum length for the work area password.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-38712	PB21-00-000190	SV-50517r1_rule		Medium

Description
Password complexity, or 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 times an attempt to crack the password, how quickly the 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.

STIG	Date
BlackBerry PlayBook OS V2.1 Security Technical Implementation Guide	2014-08-29

Details

Check Text ( C-46280r1_chk )
1. Navigate to "Options -> BlackBerry Balance". 2. Select the Pencil icon. 3. Select "Change Password". 4. Select "Password Rules". 5. Verify the dialog states: "Password must be at least 8 characters long". Otherwise, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-43666r1_fix)
On BlackBerry Device Service: Set "Minimum Password Length" IT Policy rule to: 8.