The operating system must disable account identifiers (individuals, groups, roles, and devices) after 35 days of inactivity.

From General Purpose Operating System SRG

Associated with: CCI-000795

SV-71031r1_rule The operating system must disable account identifiers (individuals, groups, roles, and devices) after 35 days of inactivity.

Vulnerability discussion

Inactive identifiers pose a risk to systems and applications because attackers may exploit an inactive identifier and potentially obtain undetected access to the system. Owners of inactive accounts will not notice if unauthorized access to their user account has been obtained.Operating systems need to track periods of inactivity and disable application identifiers after 35 days of inactivity.

Check content

Verify the operating system disables account identifiers (individuals, groups, roles, and devices) after 35 days of inactivity. If it does not, this is a finding.

Fix text

Configure the operating system to disable account identifiers (individuals, groups, roles, and devices) after 35 days of inactivity.

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