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title: Minimize failed login attempts for high assurance sessions
description: Decrease the likelihood of a brute force attack by minimizing failed login attempts for high assurance sessions.
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release: australia
product: Instance Security Hardening Settings
classification: instance-security-hardening-settings
topic_type: reference
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
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breadcrumb: [Authentication, Hardening settings, Platform Security]
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# Minimize failed login attempts for high assurance sessions

Decrease the likelihood of a brute force attack by minimizing failed login attempts for high assurance sessions.

Use the **glide.zta.high\_assurance.session.max.login.failed\_attempts** system property to limit the number of failed authentication attempts allowed before users are logged out when re-authenticating through Continuous Authentication.

Set the value of this system property to a low value \(such as 5\) to decrease the likelihood of a brute force attack.

## More information

|Attribute|Description|
|---------|-----------|
|Technical configuration name|glide.zta.high\_assurance.session.max.login.failed\_attempts|
|Plugin applicability|Zero Trust - Continuous Authentication \(com.snc.zero\_trust\_continuous\_authentication\)|
|Security risk|A high number of allowed authentication attempts increases the likelihood of a brute force attack.|
|Common Vulnerability Scoring System \(CVSS\) score|3.3|
|Common Vulnerability Scoring System \(CVSS\) rating|Low|
|Functional impact|Users are logged out of their sessions after the number of authentication failures selected in the property.|
|Dependencies and prerequisites|None|
|Data type|Integer|
|Base system value|5|
|Fallback value|5|
|Recommended value|5|

To learn more about adding or creating a system property, see [Add a system property](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/platform-administration/t_AddAPropertyUsingSysPropsList.md).

**Parent Topic:**[Authentication](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/platform-security/instance-security-hardening-settings/sc-authentication.md)