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The operating system must disable account identifiers (individuals, groups, roles, and devices) after 35 days of inactivity.

An XCCDF Rule

Description

<VulnDiscussion>Inactive identifiers pose a risk to systems and applications because attackers may exploit an inactive identifier and potentially obtain undetected access to the system. Owners of inactive accounts will not notice if unauthorized access to their user account has been obtained. Operating systems need to track periods of inactivity and disable application identifiers after 35 days of inactivity.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>

ID
SV-203648r557191_rule
Severity
Medium
References
Updated



Remediation - Manual Procedure

Configure the operating system to disable account identifiers (individuals, groups, roles, and devices) after 35 days of inactivity.