The operating system must disable accounts when the accounts are no longer associated to a user.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
<VulnDiscussion>Disabling expired, inactive, or otherwise anomalous accounts supports the concepts of least privilege and least functionality which reduce the attack surface of the system.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>
- ID
- SV-263650r982553_rule
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation - Manual Procedure
Configure the operating system to disable accounts when the accounts are no longer associated to a user.