800-53|AC-2(2)

Title

REMOVAL OF TEMPORARY / EMERGENCY ACCOUNTS

Description

The information system automatically [Selection: removes; disables] temporary and emergency accounts after [Assignment: organization-defined time period for each type of account].

Supplemental

This control enhancement requires the removal of both temporary and emergency accounts automatically after a predefined period of time has elapsed, rather than at the convenience of the systems administrator.

Reference Item Details

Reference: NIST 800-53 - Security and Privacy Controls for Federal Information Systems and Organizations

Category: ACCESS CONTROL

Parent Title: ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT

Family: ACCESS CONTROL

Baseline Impact: MODERATE,HIGH

Audit Items

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Name	Plugin	Audit Name
20.26 Ensure 'Emergency accounts must be automatically removed or disabled after the crisis is resolved or within 72 hours'	Windows	CIS Microsoft Windows Server 2022 STIG v1.0.0 STIG DC
20.26 Ensure 'Emergency accounts must be automatically removed or disabled after the crisis is resolved or within 72 hours'	Windows	CIS Microsoft Windows Server 2022 STIG v1.0.0 STIG MS
AIX7-00-001001 - AIX must automatically remove or disable temporary user accounts after 72 hours or sooner.	Unix	DISA STIG AIX 7.x v3r1
AIX7-00-001014 - The AIX system must automatically remove or disable emergency accounts after the crisis is resolved or 72 hours.	Unix	DISA STIG AIX 7.x v3r1
AOSX-13-000110 - The macOS system must automatically remove or disable temporary user accounts after 72 hours.	Unix	DISA STIG Apple Mac OSX 10.13 v2r5
AOSX-13-000115 - The macOS system must automatically remove or disable emergency accounts after the crisis is resolved or within 72 hours.	Unix	DISA STIG Apple Mac OSX 10.13 v2r5
AOSX-14-000012 - The macOS system must automatically remove or disable temporary user accounts after 72 hours.	Unix	DISA STIG Apple Mac OSX 10.14 v2r6
AOSX-14-000013 - The macOS system must automatically remove or disable emergency accounts after the crisis is resolved or within 72 hours.	Unix	DISA STIG Apple Mac OSX 10.14 v2r6
AOSX-15-000012 - The macOS system must automatically remove or disable temporary and emergency user accounts after 72 hours.	Unix	DISA STIG Apple Mac OSX 10.15 v1r10
APPL-11-000012 - The macOS system must automatically remove or disable temporary and emergency user accounts after 72 hours.	Unix	DISA STIG Apple macOS 11 v1r5
APPL-11-000012 - The macOS system must automatically remove or disable temporary and emergency user accounts after 72 hours.	Unix	DISA STIG Apple macOS 11 v1r8
APPL-12-000012 - The macOS system must automatically remove or disable temporary and emergency user accounts after 72 hours.	Unix	DISA STIG Apple macOS 12 v1r9
APPL-13-000012 - The macOS system must automatically remove or disable temporary and emergency user accounts after 72 hours.	Unix	DISA STIG Apple macOS 13 v1r4
APPL-14-000012 - The macOS system must automatically remove or disable temporary or emergency user accounts within 72 hours.	Unix	DISA Apple macOS 14 (Sonoma) STIG v2r2
APPL-15-000012 - The macOS system must automatically remove or disable temporary or emergency user accounts within 72 hours.	Unix	DISA Apple macOS 15 (Sequoia) STIG v1r1
Big Sur - Automatically Remove or Disable Emergency Accounts within 72 Hours	Unix	NIST macOS Big Sur v1.4.0 - 800-53r4 Moderate
Big Sur - Automatically Remove or Disable Emergency Accounts within 72 Hours	Unix	NIST macOS Big Sur v1.4.0 - CNSSI 1253
Big Sur - Automatically Remove or Disable Emergency Accounts within 72 Hours	Unix	NIST macOS Big Sur v1.4.0 - All Profiles
Big Sur - Automatically Remove or Disable Emergency Accounts within 72 Hours	Unix	NIST macOS Big Sur v1.4.0 - 800-53r4 High
Big Sur - Automatically Remove or Disable Emergency Accounts within 72 Hours	Unix	NIST macOS Big Sur v1.4.0 - 800-53r5 High
Big Sur - Automatically Remove or Disable Emergency Accounts within 72 Hours	Unix	NIST macOS Big Sur v1.4.0 - 800-53r5 Moderate
Big Sur - Automatically Remove or Disable Temporary or Emergency User Accounts within 72 Hours	Unix	NIST macOS Big Sur v1.4.0 - 800-53r4 Moderate
Big Sur - Automatically Remove or Disable Temporary or Emergency User Accounts within 72 Hours	Unix	NIST macOS Big Sur v1.4.0 - 800-53r4 High
Big Sur - Automatically Remove or Disable Temporary or Emergency User Accounts within 72 Hours	Unix	NIST macOS Big Sur v1.4.0 - All Profiles
Big Sur - Automatically Remove or Disable Temporary or Emergency User Accounts within 72 Hours	Unix	NIST macOS Big Sur v1.4.0 - 800-53r5 High
Big Sur - Automatically Remove or Disable Temporary or Emergency User Accounts within 72 Hours	Unix	NIST macOS Big Sur v1.4.0 - 800-53r5 Moderate
Big Sur - Automatically Remove or Disable Temporary User Accounts within 72 Hours	Unix	NIST macOS Big Sur v1.4.0 - 800-53r4 Moderate
Big Sur - Automatically Remove or Disable Temporary User Accounts within 72 Hours	Unix	NIST macOS Big Sur v1.4.0 - All Profiles
Big Sur - Automatically Remove or Disable Temporary User Accounts within 72 Hours	Unix	NIST macOS Big Sur v1.4.0 - CNSSI 1253
Big Sur - Automatically Remove or Disable Temporary User Accounts within 72 Hours	Unix	NIST macOS Big Sur v1.4.0 - 800-53r4 High
Big Sur - Automatically Remove or Disable Temporary User Accounts within 72 Hours	Unix	NIST macOS Big Sur v1.4.0 - 800-53r5 High
Big Sur - Automatically Remove or Disable Temporary User Accounts within 72 Hours	Unix	NIST macOS Big Sur v1.4.0 - 800-53r5 Moderate
Catalina - Automatically Remove or Disable Emergency Accounts within 72 Hours	Unix	NIST macOS Catalina v1.5.0 - All Profiles
Catalina - Automatically Remove or Disable Emergency Accounts within 72 Hours	Unix	NIST macOS Catalina v1.5.0 - 800-53r4 High
Catalina - Automatically Remove or Disable Emergency Accounts within 72 Hours	Unix	NIST macOS Catalina v1.5.0 - 800-53r4 Moderate
Catalina - Automatically Remove or Disable Emergency Accounts within 72 Hours	Unix	NIST macOS Catalina v1.5.0 - 800-53r5 High
Catalina - Automatically Remove or Disable Emergency Accounts within 72 Hours	Unix	NIST macOS Catalina v1.5.0 - CNSSI 1253
Catalina - Automatically Remove or Disable Emergency Accounts within 72 Hours	Unix	NIST macOS Catalina v1.5.0 - 800-53r5 Moderate
Catalina - Automatically Remove or Disable Temporary or Emergency User Accounts within 72 Hours	Unix	NIST macOS Catalina v1.5.0 - 800-53r5 High
Catalina - Automatically Remove or Disable Temporary or Emergency User Accounts within 72 Hours	Unix	NIST macOS Catalina v1.5.0 - All Profiles
Catalina - Automatically Remove or Disable Temporary or Emergency User Accounts within 72 Hours	Unix	NIST macOS Catalina v1.5.0 - 800-53r5 Moderate
Catalina - Automatically Remove or Disable Temporary User Accounts within 72 Hours	Unix	NIST macOS Catalina v1.5.0 - 800-53r4 High
Catalina - Automatically Remove or Disable Temporary User Accounts within 72 Hours	Unix	NIST macOS Catalina v1.5.0 - 800-53r4 Moderate
Catalina - Automatically Remove or Disable Temporary User Accounts within 72 Hours	Unix	NIST macOS Catalina v1.5.0 - 800-53r5 High
Catalina - Automatically Remove or Disable Temporary User Accounts within 72 Hours	Unix	NIST macOS Catalina v1.5.0 - All Profiles
Catalina - Automatically Remove or Disable Temporary User Accounts within 72 Hours	Unix	NIST macOS Catalina v1.5.0 - 800-53r5 Moderate
Catalina - Automatically Remove or Disable Temporary User Accounts within 72 Hours	Unix	NIST macOS Catalina v1.5.0 - CNSSI 1253
ESXI-67-000001 - Access to the ESXi host must be limited by enabling Lockdown Mode.	VMware	DISA STIG VMware vSphere 6.7 ESXi v1r3
ESXI-70-000001 - Access to the ESXi host must be limited by enabling lockdown mode.	VMware	DISA STIG VMware vSphere 7.0 ESXi v1r2
ESXI-80-000049 The ESXi host must uniquely identify and must authenticate organizational users by using Active Directory.	VMware	DISA VMware vSphere 8.0 ESXi STIG v2r1

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