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Assessment Title
Rule Text
TCMax must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one uppercase letter, one lowercase letter, and number, and one special character be used.
Description
Discussion Text
Use of a complex password helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting attempts at guessing and brute-force attacks.
Password complexity is one factor of several that determine how long it takes to crack a password. The more complex the password is, the greater the number of possible combinations that need to be tested before the password is compromised.
Complex passwords should consist of at least one uppercase letter, one lowercase letter, one number, and one special character.
Special characters are those characters that are not alphanumeric. Examples include: ~ ! @ # $ % ^ *.
Satisfies: SRG-APP-000166, SRG-APP-000167, SRG-APP-000168, SRG-APP-000169, SRG-APP-000870
Password complexity is one factor of several that determine how long it takes to crack a password. The more complex the password is, the greater the number of possible combinations that need to be tested before the password is compromised.
Complex passwords should consist of at least one uppercase letter, one lowercase letter, one number, and one special character.
Special characters are those characters that are not alphanumeric. Examples include: ~ ! @ # $ % ^ *.
Satisfies: SRG-APP-000166, SRG-APP-000167, SRG-APP-000168, SRG-APP-000169, SRG-APP-000870
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