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💼 8.6.3 Passwords/passphrases for any application and system accounts are protected against misuse.

Description

As follows:

  • Passwords/passphrases are changed periodically (at the frequency defined in the entity's targeted risk analysis, which is performed according to all elements specified in Requirement 12.3.1) and upon suspicion or confirmation of compromise.
  • Passwords/passphrases are constructed with sufficient complexity appropriate for how frequently the entity changes the passwords/passphrases.

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    • /frameworks/pci-dss-v4.0.1/08/06/03
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