Accounts: Must have the period of time before the bad logon counter is reset configured to 15 minutes or greater

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The account lockout feature, when enabled, prevents brute-force password attacks on the system. This parameter specifies the period of time that must pass after failed logon attempts before the counter is reset to "0". The smaller this value is, the less effective the account lockout feature will be in protecting the local system.

Remediation

To fix this configure the policy value for
Computer Configuration
|_ Windows Settings
|_ Security Settings
|_ Account Policies
|_ Account Lockout Policy
|_ "Reset account lockout counter after" to at least "15" minutes.

STIG:
Server:
2022: https://www.stigviewer.com/stig/microsoft_windows_server_2022/2023-09-11/finding/V-254287
2019: https://www.stigviewer.com/stig/microsoft_windows_server_2019/2023-09-11/finding/V-205630 / https://www.stigviewer.com/stig/windows_server_2019/2020-06-15/finding/V-93143
2016: https://www.stigviewer.com/stig/microsoft_windows_server_2016/2023-08-22/finding/V-224868 / https://www.stigviewer.com/stig/windows_server_2016/2020-06-16/finding/V-73313

Desktop:
W11: https://www.stigviewer.com/stig/microsoft_windows_11/2023-09-29/finding/V-253299
W10: https://www.stigviewer.com/stig/microsoft_windows_10/2023-09-29/finding/V-220741 / https://www.stigviewer.com/stig/windows_10/2021-08-18/finding/V-220741

Nist 800-53: AC-7, AC-19
Nist 800-171a: 3.1.8[a], 3.1.8[b]
Nist 800-171AR3: A.03.01.08, A.03.01.08.ODP[01] A.03.01.08.ODP[02]
CMMC v2.1: AC.L2-3.1.8
PCI 3.2: 8.1.6, 8.1.7
PCI 4.0: 8.3.4
CSCv7: 16.2, 16.11
SRG-OS-000021-GPOS-00005, SRG-OS-000329-GPOS-00128