The terminal or workstation must lock out after a maximum of 15 minutes of inactivity, requiring the account password to resume.
An XCCDF Rule
Description
If the system, workstation, or terminal does not lock the session after more than15 minutes of inactivity, requiring a password to resume operations, the system or individual data could be compromised by an alert intruder who could exploit the oversight.
- ID
- SV-256883r958402_rule
- Version
- HMC0150
- Severity
- Medium
- References
- Updated
Remediation Templates
A Manual Procedure
The System Administrator will display the User Properties window and will ensure that the Verify timeout minutes are set to a maximum of 15.