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1.17 VCSA-80-000089

Information

The vCenter Server must terminate vSphere Client sessions after 15 minutes of inactivity.

GROUP ID: V-258920RULE ID: SV-258920r1015932

Terminating an idle session within a short time period reduces the window of opportunity for unauthorized personnel to take control of a management session enabled on the console or console port that has been left unattended. In addition, quickly terminating an idle session will also free resources committed by the managed network element.

Satisfies: SRG-APP-000190, SRG-APP-000295, SRG-APP-000389

NOTE: Nessus has not performed this check. Please review the benchmark to ensure target compliance.

Solution

From the vSphere Client, go to Administration >> Deployment >> Client Configuration.

Click "Edit" and enter "15" minutes into the "Session timeout" setting. Click "Save".

See Also

https://workbench.cisecurity.org/benchmarks/23621

Item Details

Category: ACCESS CONTROL, IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION, SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTION

References: 800-53|AC-12, 800-53|IA-11, 800-53|SC-10, CAT|II, CCI|CCI-001133, CCI|CCI-002038, CCI|CCI-002361, CCI|CCI-004895, Rule-ID|SV-258920r1015932_rule, STIG-ID|VCSA-80-000089, Vuln-ID|V-258920

Plugin: VMware

Control ID: 59a3d08e0d8d47146541e87117e8618593452f58f8ff7262f239385393ae6d21