In the Sander Van Vugt RHCSA video rcsa_01_06_08.mp4 video(L6: Managing Users and Groups/Managing Password Properties), he mentions looking into the pam_tally2 module.
What is pam_faillock and how to use it in Red Hat Enterprise Linux?
The kb above says pam_tally2 has been replaced with pam_faillock.
Its man page can be seen at:
man pam_faillock