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Assessment Title
Rule Text
The macOS system must restrict maximum password lifetime to 180 days.
Description
Discussion Text
The macOS must be configured to enforce a maximum password lifetime limit of at least 180 days.
This rule ensures that users are forced to change their passwords frequently enough to prevent malicious users from gaining and maintaining access to the system.
NOTE: The guidance for password-based authentication in NIST 800-53 (Rev 5) and NIST 800-63B states that complexity rules should be organizationally defined. The values defined are based on common complexity values, but each organization may define its own password complexity rules.
This rule ensures that users are forced to change their passwords frequently enough to prevent malicious users from gaining and maintaining access to the system.
NOTE: The guidance for password-based authentication in NIST 800-53 (Rev 5) and NIST 800-63B states that complexity rules should be organizationally defined. The values defined are based on common complexity values, but each organization may define its own password complexity rules.
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