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The application must automatically terminate the non-privileged user session and log off non-privileged users after a 15 minute idle time period has elapsed.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

<VulnDiscussion>Leaving a user’s application session established for an indefinite period of time increases the risk of session hijacking. Session termination terminates an individual user's logical application session after 15 minutes of application inactivity at which time the user must re-authenticate and a new session must be established if the user desires to continue work in the application.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>

ID
SV-222389r961221_rule
Severity
Medium
References
Updated



Remediation - Manual Procedure

Design and configure the application to terminate the non-privileged users session after 15 minutes of inactivity.