NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5
AC-7
Access Control

Unsuccessful Logon Attempts

Description

a. Enforce a limit of [organization-defined parameter] consecutive invalid logon attempts by a user during a [organization-defined parameter] ; and b. Automatically [organization-defined parameter] when the maximum number of unsuccessful attempts is exceeded.

Mapped SPARTA techniques

67 techniques

Cross-framework references

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Referenced by 1 in NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0

Cite as SafeMode Space, nist-80053-rev5 AC-7.

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