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The Tanium application must retain the session lock until the user reestablishes access using established identification and authentication procedures.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

<VulnDiscussion>Unattended systems are susceptible to unauthorized use and should be locked when unattended. This protects critical and sensitive data from exposure to unauthorized personnel with physical access to 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-253814r842470_rule
Severity
Medium
References
Updated



Remediation - Manual Procedure

Use the vendor documentation titled "Smart card authentication" to implement correct configuration settings for this requirement. 

Vendor documentation can be downloaded from https://docs.tanium.com/platform_deployment_reference/platform_deployment_reference/smart_card_authentication.html?Highlight=cac.
 
1. Access the Tanium Server.