The IDPS must prohibit password reuse for the organizationally defined number of generations.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-34671	SRG-NET-000154-IDPS-00112	SV-45546r1_rule		Medium

Description
Authorization for access to any IDPS requires an approved and assigned individual account identifier. To ensure only the assigned individual is using the account, the account holder must create a strong password that is privately maintained and changed based on the organizationally defined frequency. A password must have an expiration date to limit the amount of time a compromised password can be used by a malicious user. This control applies to passwords configured or controlled by the IDPS itself.

Description

Authorization for access to any IDPS requires an approved and assigned individual account identifier. To ensure only the assigned individual is using the account, the account holder must create a strong password that is privately maintained and changed based on the organizationally defined frequency. A password must have an expiration date to limit the amount of time a compromised password can be used by a malicious user. This control applies to passwords configured or controlled by the IDPS itself.

STIG	Date
Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems (IDPS) Security Requirements Guide	2012-11-19

Details

Check Text ( C-42895r1_chk )
If authentication functionality is provided by the underlying platform's account management system or by a network authentication server rather than the IDPS application itself, this is not a finding. Review the IDPS account management configuration and settings to determine whether password reuse for the organizationally defined number of generations, is prohibited. If the IDPS configuration does not prohibit password reuse, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-42895r1_chk )

If authentication functionality is provided by the underlying platform's account management system or by a network authentication server rather than the IDPS application itself, this is not a finding.

Review the IDPS account management configuration and settings to determine whether password reuse for the organizationally defined number of generations, is prohibited.

If the IDPS configuration does not prohibit password reuse, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-38943r1_fix)
Configure the IDPS to prohibit password reuse for the organizationally defined number of generations.