CISC-ND-000150 - The Cisco switch must be configured to enforce the limit of three consecutive invalid logon attempts, after which time it must lock out the user account from accessing the device for 15 minutes.

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By limiting the number of failed logon attempts, the risk of unauthorized system access via user password guessing, otherwise known as brute-forcing, is reduced.

Solution

Configure the Cisco switch to enforce the limit of three consecutive invalid logon attempts as shown in the example below:

SW2(config)#login block-for 900 attempts 3 within 120

Item Details

Audit Name: DISA STIG Cisco IOS XE Switch NDM v2r3

Plugin: Cisco

Control ID: 245b16723b07e2372f57d6576b42d19f7161d8459c86ac9fb84285df892f5d15

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CISC-ND-000150 - The Cisco switch must be configured to enforce the limit of three consecutive invalid logon attempts, after which time it must lock out the user account from accessing the device for 15 minutes.

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