NIST 800-171 · Identification and Authentication
Requirement 3.5.7
- SPRS weight
- SPRS weight: 1
- POA&M eligibility
- POA&M-eligible
- Assessment objectives
- 4 assessment objectives
Official requirement text
Enforce a minimum password complexity and change of characters when new passwords are created.
Assessment objectives
Assessors don’t evaluate the requirement as one sentence; they walk these objectives one by one. Each must be met for the requirement to score.
- 3.5.7[a]password complexity requirements are defined.
- 3.5.7[b]password change of character requirements are defined.
- 3.5.7[c]minimum password complexity requirements as defined are enforced when new passwords are created.
- 3.5.7[d]minimum password change of character requirements as defined are enforced when new passwords are created.
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