Title

For accounts using password authentication, the Cisco ISE must enforce password complexity by requiring that at least one upper-case character be used. (Cat II impact)

Discussion

Use of a complex passwords helps to increase the time and resources required to compromise the password. Password complexity, or strength, is a measure of the effectiveness of a password in resisting attempts at guessing and brute-force attacks. Password complexity is one factor of several that determine how long it takes to crack a password. The more complex the password is, the greater the number of possible combinations that need to be tested before the password is compromised. Multifactor authentication (MFA) is required for all administrative and user accounts on network devices, except for an account of last resort and (where applicable) a root account. Passwords should only be used when MFA using PKI is not available, and for the account of last resort and root account.

Check Content

Verify that at least one upper-case letter is required. Show password policy If the Cisco ISE password policy is not configured to require at least one upper-case character, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Configure the password policy. password-policy upper-case required 1

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-242646r879603_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-242646

Group Title: SRG-APP-000166-NDM-000254

Expert Comments

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