The Cisco ASA must be configured to enforce a minimum 15-character password length.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-239914	CASA-ND-000490	SV-239914r991806_rule		Medium

Description
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 need 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.

Description

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 need 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.

STIG	Date
Cisco ASA NDM Security Technical Implementation Guide	2024-06-06

Details

Check Text ( C-43147r666103_chk )
Review the ASA configuration to verify that it is compliant with this requirement as shown in the example below. password-policy minimum-length 15 If the ASA is not configured to enforce a minimum 15-character password length, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-43106r666104_fix)
Configure the Cisco ASA to enforce password complexity by requiring a minimum 15-character password length as shown in the example below. ASA(config)# password-policy minimum-length 15