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1.6 WN16-00-000070

Information

Manually managed application account passwords must be changed at least annually or when a system administrator with knowledge of the password leaves the organization.

GROUP ID:V-224824
RULE ID:SV-224824r991589

Setting application account passwords to expire may cause applications to stop functioning. However, not changing them on a regular basis exposes them to attack. If managed service accounts are used, this alleviates the need to manually change application account passwords.

Solution

Change passwords for manually managed application/service accounts at least annually or when an administrator with knowledge of the password leaves the organization.

It is recommended that system-managed service accounts be used whenever possible.

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/23093

Item Details

Category: CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

References: 800-53|CM-6b., CAT|II, CCI|CCI-000366, Rule-ID|SV-224824r991589_rule, STIG-ID|WN16-00-000070

Plugin: Windows

Control ID: 0abb063a94d1b5b850c44c06c387198b6d72539df8bff73979d3aa3c7b317e28