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The Tanium Operating System (TanOS) must enforce a minimum 15-character password length.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-254846TANS-OS-000285SV-254846r1067740_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. 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 Operating System 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-254846r1067740_chk)

1. Access the Tanium Server interactively. 2. Log on to the TanOS server with the tanadmin role. 3. Press "C" for "User Administration Menu". 4. Press "L" for "Local Tanium User Management". 5. Press "B" for "Security Policy Local Authentication Service". If "Password Minimum Length" is not set to 15, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-58403r1067739_fix)

1. Access the Tanium Server interactively. 2. Log on to the TanOS server with the tanadmin role. 3. Press "C" for "User Administration Menu". 4. Press "L" for "Local Tanium User Management". 5. Press "B" for "Security Policy Local Authentication Service". 6. Type "Yes". 7. Press "Enter" to accept the current value for "Minimum password lifetime in days [0 - 20]:". 8. Press "Enter" to accept the current value for "Maximum password lifetime in days [MinAge - 360]:". 9. Set the value for "Minimum password length in characters [0 - 30]:" to "15". 10. Press "Enter" to accept the current values for the rest of the options. 11. Type "Yes" to apply the new security policy.