Details
By limiting the number of failed login attempts, the risk of unauthorized access via user password guessing, otherwise known as brute-forcing, is reduced. Limits are imposed by locking the account.
Solution
From the vSphere Client select the ESXi Host and go to Configuration >> Advanced Settings. Select the Security.AccountLockFailures value and configure it to 3.
or
From a PowerCLI command prompt while connected to the ESXi host run the following command:
Get-VMHost | Get-AdvancedSetting -Name Security.AccountLockFailures | Set-AdvancedSetting -Value 3
Supportive Information
The following resource is also helpful.
This security hardening control applies to the following category of controls within NIST 800-53: Access Control.This control applies to the following type of system VMware.
References
- 800-53|AC-7a.
- CAT|II
- CCI|CCI-000044
- Group-ID|V-63179
- Rule-ID|SV-77669r1_rule
- STIG-ID|ESXI-06-000005
- Vuln-ID|V-63179
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