Controls/EDCA-IAC-017.json

{
  "id": "EDCA-IAC-017",
  "title": "Mobile device mailbox policy requires a minimum password length of 4 or more",
  "description": "The MinPasswordLength property on the default mobile device mailbox policy MUST be 4 or greater. Setting a minimum password length reduces the likelihood of brute-force attacks against device PINs or passwords. The CIS benchmark requires a minimum password length of at least 4.",
  "verify": true,
  "subject": "Organization",
  "category": "Identity and Access Control",
  "severity": "Low",
  "severityWeight": 3,
  "frameworks": [
    "Best Practice",
    "CIS"
  ],
  "references": [
    {
      "name": "CIS 3.4 (L1): Ensure Minimum password length is set to 4 or more",
      "url": "https://www.cisecurity.org/benchmark/microsoft_exchange_server"
    },
    {
      "name": "Mobile device mailbox policies in Exchange Server",
      "url": "https://learn.microsoft.com/exchange/clients/exchange-activesync/mobile-device-mailbox-policies"
    }
  ],
  "remediation": {
    "automatable": true,
    "description": "Set minimum password length to 4 or more in the default mobile device mailbox policy.",
    "scriptTemplate": "# Require a minimum password length of 4 in the default mobile device mailbox policy.\nSet-MobileDeviceMailboxPolicy -Identity Default -MinPasswordLength 4"
  },
  "considerations": "Setting a minimum password length together with alphanumeric password requirements provides stronger protection than PIN-only policies.",
  "roles": [
    "Mailbox"
  ]
}