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800-53|AC-12
Title
SESSION TERMINATIONDescription
The information system automatically terminates a user session after [Assignment: organization-defined conditions or trigger events requiring session disconnect].Supplemental
This control addresses the termination of user-initiated logical sessions in contrast to SC-10 which addresses the termination of network connections that are associated with communications sessions (i.e., network disconnect). A logical session (for local, network, and remote access) is initiated whenever a user (or process acting on behalf of a user) accesses an organizational information system. Such user sessions can be terminated (and thus terminate user access) without terminating network sessions. Session termination terminates all processes associated with a user's logical session except those processes that are specifically created by the user (i.e., session owner) to continue after the session is terminated. Conditions or trigger events requiring automatic session termination can include, for example, organization-defined periods of user inactivity, targeted responses to certain types of incidents, time-of-day restrictions on information system use.Reference Item Details
Reference: NIST 800-53 - Security and Privacy Controls for Federal Information Systems and Organizations
Related: SC-10,SC-23
Category: ACCESS CONTROL
Family: ACCESS CONTROL
Priority: P2
Baseline Impact: MODERATE,HIGH
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