The DataPower Gateway must prohibit password reuse for a minimum of five generations.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-65093	WSDP-NM-000054	SV-79583r1_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. To meet password policy requirements, passwords need to be changed at specific policy-based intervals. If the network device allows the user to consecutively reuse their password when that password has exceeded its defined lifetime, the end result is a password that is not changed as per policy requirements.

Description

Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting attempts at guessing and brute-force attacks. To meet password policy requirements, passwords need to be changed at specific policy-based intervals. If the network device allows the user to consecutively reuse their password when that password has exceeded its defined lifetime, the end result is a password that is not changed as per policy requirements.

STIG	Date
IBM DataPower Network Device Management Security Technical Implementation Guide	2016-01-21

Details

Check Text ( C-65719r1_chk )
Search Bar “Administration” >> Access >> RBM Settings >> Password Policy. If Control reuse is Off, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-71033r1_fix)
Search Bar “Administration” >> Access >> RBM Settings >> Password Policy. Set Control reuse to On, set Reuse history to at least 5.