The DataPower Gateway must enforce a minimum 15-character password length.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-65091	WSDP-NM-000053	SV-79581r1_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
IBM DataPower Network Device Management Security Technical Implementation Guide	2017-10-05

Details

Check Text ( C-65717r1_chk )
Search Bar “Administration” >> Access >> RBM Settings >> Password Policy. If Minimum length is Off, this is a finding

Fix Text (F-71031r1_fix)
Search Bar “Administration” >> Access >> RBM Settings >> Password Policy. Set Minimum length to at least 15