The AAA Service must be configured to automatically disable accounts after a 35 day period of account inactivity.

From Authentication Authorization and Accounting Service Security Requirements Guide

Part of SRG-APP-000025-AAA-000008

Associated with: CCI-000017

SRG-APP-000025-AAA-000008_rule The AAA Service must be configured to automatically disable accounts after a 35 day period of account inactivity.

Vulnerability discussion

Attackers that are able to exploit an inactive account can potentially obtain and maintain undetected access to an application. Owners of inactive accounts will not notice if unauthorized access to their user account has been obtained. Applications need to track periods of user inactivity and disable accounts after 35 days of inactivity. Such a process greatly reduces the risk that accounts will be hijacked, leading to a data compromise. This policy does not apply to either emergency accounts or an infrequently used account (e.g., account of last resort). Infrequently used accounts are local logon administrator accounts used by system administrators when network or normal logon/access is not available. Emergency accounts are administrator accounts created in response to crisis situations.

Check content

If the AAA Service relies on directory services for user account management this is not applicable and the connected directory services must perform this function. Verify the AAA Service is configured to automatically disable accounts after a 35 day period of account inactivity. If the AAA Service configuration does not automatically disable accounts after a 35 day period of account inactivity, this is a finding.

Fix text

Configure the AAA Service to automatically disable accounts after a 35 day period of account inactivity.

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