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CCI-001616

CCI-001616 Definition

The organization defines minimum password lifetime restrictions.

Status
Type	CheckType.policy

Master Assessment Datasheet

Implementation Guidance

DoD has defined the minimum password lifetime restrictions as 24 hours.

Validation Procedures

The organization being inspected/assessed is automatically compliant with this CCI because they are covered at the DoD level. DoD has defined the minimum password lifetime restrictions as 24 hours.

Compelling Evidence

Automatically Compliant

Related Controls

The controls below (if any) were marked by NIST as being related to CCI-001616.

Control	Description
IA-5(1)	The information system, for password-based authentication: (a): Enforces minimum password complexity of [one of ]; (b): Enforces at least the following number of changed characters when new passwords are created: [one of ]; (c): Stores and transmits only cryptographically-protected passwords; (d): Enforces password minimum and maximum lifetime restrictions of [one of ]; (e): Prohibits password reuse for [one of ] generations; and (f): Allows the use of a temporary password for system logons with an immediate change to a permanent password.

Control

Description

IA-5(1)

The information system, for password-based authentication:

(a): Enforces minimum password complexity of [one of ];

(b): Enforces at least the following number of changed characters when new passwords are created: [one of ];

(c): Stores and transmits only cryptographically-protected passwords;

(d): Enforces password minimum and maximum lifetime restrictions of [one of ];

(e): Prohibits password reuse for [one of ] generations; and

(f): Allows the use of a temporary password for system logons with an immediate change to a permanent password.