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AC-07(03) Biometric Attempt Limiting

NIST SP 800-53 (controls) 5.2.0 against 5.2.0
All changes in this version
unchanged AC part of AC-7

Title

Biometric Attempt Limiting

Control

Limit the number of unsuccessful biometric logon attempts to [Assignment: number].

Discussion

Biometrics are probabilistic in nature. The ability to successfully authenticate can be impacted by many factors, including matching performance and presentation attack detection mechanisms. Organizations select the appropriate number of attempts for users based on organizationally-defined factors.

Parameters

ac-07.03_odp: number

Related controls

ia-3

Assessment objective

AC-07(03) unsuccessful biometric logon attempts are limited to [Assignment: number].

STIG rules that implement this control 0

No followed STIG rule cites a CCI indexed to this control (CCI list 2026-07-14).