NIST 800-53 rev.5/Access Control/72 of 1011
AC-07Unsuccessful Logon Attempts
Control family: Access Control
Control description
a. Enforce a limit of [Assignment: organization-defined number] consecutive invalid logon attempts by a user during a [Assignment: organization-defined time period]; and
b. Automatically [Selection (one or more): lock the account or node for an [Assignment: organization-defined time period]; lock the account or node until released by an administrator; delay next logon prompt per [Assignment: organization-defined delay algorithm]; notify system administrator; take other [Assignment: organization-defined action]] when the maximum number of unsuccessful attempts is exceeded.
How to implement
Coming in phase 2Step-by-step guidance for implementing this control on Microsoft Azure, using services such as Azure Policy, Microsoft Defender for Cloud and Entra ID. It will be matched to your environment.