The Cisco ASA must be configured to enforce a minimum 15-character password length.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-239914 | CASA-ND-000490 | SV-239914r1015256_rule | CCI-004066 | medium |
| Description | ||||
| Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting attempts at guessing and brute-force attacks. Password length is one factor of several that helps to determine strength and how long it takes to crack a password. The shorter the password, the lower the number of possible combinations that need to be tested before the password is compromised. Use of more characters in a password helps to exponentially increase the time and/or resources required to compromise the password. | ||||
| STIG | Date | |||
| Cisco ASA NDM Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2025-05-19 | |||
Details
Check Text (C-239914r1015256_chk)
Review the ASA configuration to verify that it is compliant with this requirement as shown in the example below.
password-policy minimum-length 15
If the ASA is not configured to enforce a minimum 15-character password length, this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-43106r666104_fix)
Configure the Cisco ASA to enforce password complexity by requiring a minimum 15-character password length as shown in the example below.
ASA(config)# password-policy minimum-length 15