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The terminal or workstation must lock out after a maximum of 15 minutes of inactivity, requiring the account password to resume.


Overview

Finding ID Version Rule ID IA Controls Severity
V-24361 HMC0150 SV-30029r1_rule PESL-1 Medium
Description
If the system, workstation, or terminal does not lock the session after more than15 minutes of inactivity, requiring a password to resume operations, the system or individual data could be compromised by an alert intruder who could exploit the oversight.
STIG Date
IBM HARDWARE MANAGEMENT CONSOLE (HMC) STIG 2014-04-10

Details

Check Text ( C-29864r1_chk )
Have the System Administrator display the User Properties window on the Hardware Management Console and check that the timeout minutes are set to a maximum of 15.

If the Verify Timeout minutes are set to more than 15, then this is a FINDING.
Fix Text (F-26748r1_fix)
The System Administrator will display the User Properties window and will ensure that the Verify timeout minutes are set to a maximum of 15.