Verify that Ubuntu 24.04 LTS utilizes the "pam_faillock" module with the following command: $ grep faillock /etc/pam.d/common-auth auth [default=die] pam_faillock.so authfail auth sufficient pam_faillock.so authsucc If the pam_faillock.so module is not present in the "/etc/pam.d/common-auth" file, this is a finding. Verify the pam_faillock module is configured to use the following options: $ sudo egrep 'silent|audit|deny|fail_interval| unlock_time' /etc/security/faillock.conf audit silent deny = 3 fail_interval = 900 unlock_time = 0 If the "silent" keyword is missing or commented out, this is a finding. If the "audit" keyword is missing or commented out, this is a finding. If the "deny" keyword is missing, commented out, or set to a value greater than "3", this is a finding. If the "fail_interval" keyword is missing, commented out, or set to a value greater than "900", this is a finding. If the "unlock_time" keyword is missing, commented out, or not set to "0", this is a finding.