The application must be able to define the maximum number of concurrent sessions for an application account globally, by account type, by account, or a combination thereof.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-26664	SRG-APP-000001	SV-33786r1_rule		Medium

Description
Application management includes the ability to control the number of users and user sessions that utilize an application. Limiting the number of allowed users and sessions per user is helpful in limiting risks related to Denial of Service attacks. This requirement addresses concurrent session control for a single information system account and does not address concurrent sessions by a single user via multiple system accounts. This requirement may be met via the application or by utilizing information system session control provided by a web server with specialized session management capabilities. If it has been specified that this requirement will be handled by the application, the capability to limit the maximum number of concurrent single user sessions must be designed and built into the application. The organization will need to define the maximum number of concurrent sessions for an information system account globally, by account type, by account, or a combination thereof and the application shall enforce that requirement.

Description

Application management includes the ability to control the number of users and user sessions that utilize an application. Limiting the number of allowed users and sessions per user is helpful in limiting risks related to Denial of Service attacks. This requirement addresses concurrent session control for a single information system account and does not address concurrent sessions by a single user via multiple system accounts. This requirement may be met via the application or by utilizing information system session control provided by a web server with specialized session management capabilities. If it has been specified that this requirement will be handled by the application, the capability to limit the maximum number of concurrent single user sessions must be designed and built into the application. The organization will need to define the maximum number of concurrent sessions for an information system account globally, by account type, by account, or a combination thereof and the application shall enforce that requirement.

STIG	Date
Application Security Requirements Guide	2011-12-28

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