The container platform must disable identifiers (individuals, groups, roles, and devices) after 35 days of inactivity.

Overview

Finding ID	Version	Rule ID	IA Controls	Severity
V-233087	SRG-APP-000163-CTR-000395	SV-233087r601723_rule		Medium

Description
Inactive identifiers pose a risk to systems and applications. Attackers that are able to exploit an inactive identifier can potentially obtain and maintain undetected access to the application. Owners of inactive accounts will not notice if unauthorized access to their user account has been obtained. Applications need to track periods of inactivity and disable application identifiers after 35 days of inactivity. Management of user identifiers is not applicable to shared information system accounts (e.g., guest and anonymous accounts). It is commonly the case that a user account is the name of an information system account associated with an individual. To avoid having to build complex user management capabilities directly into their application, wise developers leverage the underlying OS or other user account management infrastructure (AD, LDAP) that is already in place within the organization and meets organizational user account management requirements.

Description

Inactive identifiers pose a risk to systems and applications. Attackers that are able to exploit an inactive identifier can potentially obtain and maintain undetected access to the application. Owners of inactive accounts will not notice if unauthorized access to their user account has been obtained. Applications need to track periods of inactivity and disable application identifiers after 35 days of inactivity. Management of user identifiers is not applicable to shared information system accounts (e.g., guest and anonymous accounts). It is commonly the case that a user account is the name of an information system account associated with an individual. To avoid having to build complex user management capabilities directly into their application, wise developers leverage the underlying OS or other user account management infrastructure (AD, LDAP) that is already in place within the organization and meets organizational user account management requirements.

STIG	Date
Container Platform Security Requirements Guide	2021-06-16

Details

Check Text ( C-36023r601722_chk )
Review the container platform configuration to determine if the container platform is configured to disable identifiers (individuals, groups, roles, and devices) after 35 days of inactivity. If identifiers are not disabled after 35 days of inactivity, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-35991r600749_fix)
Configure the container platform to disable identifiers (individuals, groups, roles, and devices) after 35 days of inactivity.