The Edge SWG must enforce a minimum 15-character password length.
Overview
| Finding ID | Version | Rule ID | IA Controls | Severity |
| V-279257 | SYME-ND-000600 | SV-279257r1170535_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 must be tested before the password is compromised. Use of more characters in a password helps to increase exponentially the time and/or resources required to compromise the password. | ||||
| STIG | Date | |||
| Symantec Edge SWG NDM Security Technical Implementation Guide | 2026-02-25 | |||
Details
Check Text (C-279257r1170535_chk)
1. Log in to the Edge SWG SSH CLI.
2. Enter "show configuration".
3. Move down the configuration to the "security password-policy" section.
If the configuration "security password-policy min-length" is not set to "15", this is a finding.
Fix Text (F-83712r1170534_fix)
1. Log in to the Edge SWG SSH CLI.
2. Enter "enable" and "configure terminal".
3. Enter "security password-policy min-length 15".
4. Enter "security password-policy min-groups 4".