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The Tanium application must enforce a minimum 15-character password length.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-254910TANS-AP-000425SV-254910r1015864_ruleCCI-004066medium
Description
The shorter the password, the lower the number of possible combinations that need to be tested before the password is compromised. 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.
STIGDate
Tanium 7.x Application on TanOS Security Technical Implementation Guide2025-02-11

Related Frameworks

2 mappings across 4 frameworks
SCF0 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (3) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

IAC-10Authenticator Management
0.50
IAC-10.1Password-Based Authentication
0.50
IAC-10.4Automated Support For Password Strength
0.50
NIST 800-530 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 2 hops (62) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

AC-10Concurrent Session Control
1.00
AC-12Session Termination
1.00
AC-17(10)Authenticate Remote Commands
1.00
AC-2(1)Automated System Account Management
1.00
AC-2(10)Shared and Group Account Credential Change
1.00
AC-2(11)Usage Conditions
1.00
AC-2(2)Automated Temporary and Emergency Account Management
1.00
AC-2(3)Disable Accounts
1.00
AC-2(4)Automated Audit Actions
1.00
AC-3Access Enforcement
1.00

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NIST 800-1710 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (4) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

3.5.10
1.00
3.5.7
1.00
3.5.8
1.00
3.5.9
1.00
CCI2 mappings
CCI-000205
1.00
CCI-004066
1.00

Details

Check Text (C-254910r1015864_chk)

Console Users: Per guidance, Enterprise Console users are inherited via LDAP synchronization, as such passwords are not managed or enforced at the Tanium application level. Local TanOS account: 1. Access the Tanium Server interactively. 2. Log on to the TanOS server with the tanadmin role. 3. Press "C" for "User Administration Menu," and then press "Enter". 4. Press "L" for "Local Tanium User Management," and then press "Enter". 5. Press "B" for "Security Policy Local Authentication Service," and then press "Enter". If the value of "Password Minimum Length:" is less than "15", this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-58467r867629_fix)

Console Users: Per guidance, Enterprise Console users are inherited via LDAP synchronization, as such passwords are not managed or enforced at the Tanium application level. Local TanOS account: 1. Access the Tanium Server interactively. 2. Log on to the TanOS server with the tanadmin role. 3. Press "C" for "User Administration Menu," and then press "Enter". 4. Press "L" for "Local Tanium User Management," and then press "Enter". 5. Press "B" for "Security Policy Local Authentication Service," and then press "Enter". 6. Type "yes," and then press "Enter". 7. Input the following settings, pressing "Enter" after every value: a) Minimum Password Lifetime - 1 b) Maximum Password Lifetime - 60 c) Minimum Password Length - 15 d) Minimum Password History - 5 e) Password Lockout - TRUE f) Maximum Password Attempts - 3 8. Type "yes" to accept the new password policy.