Minimize failed login attempts for high assurance sessions

reference brazil Updated Sep 10, 2026 1 min read sc-minimize-failed-login-attempts-for-high-assurance-sessions.md

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.

Parent Topic:Authentication

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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/brazil/markdown/platform-administration/t_AddAPropertyUsingSysPropsList.md).

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