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.