From VMware vSphere ESXi 6.0 Security Technical Implementation Guide
Part of SRG-OS-000021-VMM-000050
Associated with: CCI-000044
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.
From the vSphere Client select the ESXi Host and go to Configuration >> Advanced Settings. Select the Security.AccountLockFailures value and verify it is set 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 and verify it is set to 3. If the Security.AccountLockFailures is set to a value other than 3, this is a finding.
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
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