Policy must require application account passwords be at least 15 characters in length.

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Policy must require application account passwords be at least 15 characters in length.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-36661	WN12-00-000010	SV-51579r1_rule	IAIA-1	Medium

Description
Application/service account passwords must be of sufficient length to prevent being easily cracked. Application/service accounts that are manually managed must have passwords at least 15 characters in length.

STIG	Date
Windows Server 2012/2012 R2 Member Server Security Technical Implementation Guide	2019-03-13

Details

Check Text ( C-46842r2_chk )
Verify the site has a policy to ensure passwords for manually managed application/service accounts are at least 15 characters in length. If such a policy does not exist or has not been implemented, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-44708r2_fix)
Establish a site policy that requires application/service account passwords that are manually managed to be at least 15 characters in length. Ensure the policy is enforced.