Australian Information Security Manual
Guidelines for system hardening

Australian Information Security Manual ISM-1403: Account lockout after failed logons

User accounts, except for break glass accounts, are locked out after a maximum of five failed logon attempts.

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This control maps to 4 controls across 4 other frameworks. If you already hold one of them, the evidence you collected for it is the starting point here rather than new work.

ATO Digital Service Provider (DSP) Operational Security Framework · 1 control

CIS Controls v8 · 1 control

  • CIS-4.10 Enforce Automatic Device Lockout on Portable End-User Devices

ISO 27002:2022 · 1 control

  • 8.5 Secure authentication

New Zealand Information Security Manual (NZISM) · 1 control

  • 16.1.42.C.01 16.1.42.C.01 Logon recording, lockout and account removal rules

Every mapping shown was judged rather than inferred from wording similarity, and the ones that failed review are published too. See the coverage reports and what was rejected.

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