The application must support organizational requirements to enforce the number of characters that get changed when passwords are changed.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-35468	SRG-APP-000170-MAPP-NA	SV-46755r1_rule		Medium

Description
Passwords need to be changed at specific policy based intervals. If the information system or application allows the user to consecutively reuse extensive portions of their password when they change their password, the end result is a password that has not had enough elements changed to meet the policy requirements. Rationale for non-applicability: This SRG does not impose any requirements for local authentication to mobile applications. Authentication to the mobile device is an acceptable proxy for authentication to the application on a single-user device. If the mobile application connects to a remote enterprise application, the remote application will enforce its authentication requirements.

Description

Passwords need to be changed at specific policy based intervals. If the information system or application allows the user to consecutively reuse extensive portions of their password when they change their password, the end result is a password that has not had enough elements changed to meet the policy requirements. Rationale for non-applicability: This SRG does not impose any requirements for local authentication to mobile applications. Authentication to the mobile device is an acceptable proxy for authentication to the application on a single-user device. If the mobile application connects to a remote enterprise application, the remote application will enforce its authentication requirements.

STIG	Date
Mobile Application Security Requirements Guide	2013-01-04

Details

Check Text ( C-43819r1_chk )
This requirement is NA for the MAPP SRG.

Fix Text (F-40008r1_fix)
The requirement is NA. No fix is required.