Application/service account passwords must be changed at least annually or whenever a system administrator with knowledge of the password leaves the organization.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-25378	OSX00695 M6	SV-37329r1_rule	ECPA-1	Medium

Description
Setting application accounts to expire may cause applications to stop functioning. The site will have a policy for application account passwords manually generated and entered by a system administrator to be changed at least annually or when a system administrator with knowledge of the password leaves the organization. Application/service account passwords will be at least 15 characters and follow complexity requirements for all passwords.

Description

Setting application accounts to expire may cause applications to stop functioning. The site will have a policy for application account passwords manually generated and entered by a system administrator to be changed at least annually or when a system administrator with knowledge of the password leaves the organization. Application/service account passwords will be at least 15 characters and follow complexity requirements for all passwords.

STIG	Date
MAC OSX 10.6 Workstation Security Technical Implementation Guide Draft	2013-01-10

Details

Check Text ( C-36020r1_chk )
The site should have a local policy ensuring passwords for application/service accounts are at least 15 characters in length and meet complexity requirements for all passwords. Application/service account passwords manually generated and entered by a system administrator must be changed at least annually or whenever a system administrator with knowledge of the password leaves the organization. Interview the system administrators on their policy for application/service accounts. If it does not meet the above requirements, this is a finding.

Check Text ( C-36020r1_chk )

The site should have a local policy ensuring passwords for application/service accounts are at least 15 characters in length and meet complexity requirements for all passwords. Application/service account passwords manually generated and entered by a system administrator must be changed at least annually or whenever a system administrator with knowledge of the password leaves the organization.

Interview the system administrators on their policy for application/service accounts. If it does not meet the above requirements, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-31269r1_fix)
Create application/service account passwords at least 15 characters in length and meet complexity requirements. Change of application/service account passwords are manually generated and entered by a system administrator at least annually or whenever an administrator with knowledge of the password leaves the organization.