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CA IDMS must automatically terminate a task or session after organization-defined conditions or trigger events of time waiting to get a resource and/or time of inactivity.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

<VulnDiscussion>A logical session (for local, network, and remote access) is initiated whenever a user (or process acting on behalf of a user) accesses an organizational information system. Such user sessions can be terminated (and thus terminate user access) without terminating network sessions. Session termination ends all processes associated with a user's logical session except those batch processes/jobs that are specifically created by the user (i.e., session owner) to continue after the session is terminated. Conditions or trigger events requiring automatic session termination can include, for example, organization-defined periods of user inactivity, targeted responses to certain types of incidents, and time-of-day restrictions on information system use. This capability is typically reserved for specific cases where the system owner, data owner, or organization requires additional assurance. It may be desired to limit the amount of time a task can wait for a resource before terminating it.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>

ID
SV-251631r855269_rule
Severity
Medium
References
Updated



Remediation - Manual Procedure

Use TASK SYSGEN if online, or program RHDCSGEN if batch.

Sign on to the dictionary where the system definition is maintained:  "SIGNON DICTIONARY SYSTEM.", for example.

Enter: "MODIFY SYSTEM 123 INACTIVE INTERVAL is <the organization-defined timeout number of wall-clock seconds> ." where 123 is the number of the system being modified.