Fortigate - Inactivity timeout - 'global' <= 5

Information

Users are logged out after 5 minutes of inactivity or less - global. Set a timeout to avoid the possibility of an administrator walking away from the management computer and leaving it exposed to unauthorized personnel.

Solution

Issue the following command to configure the admintimeout.

config system global
set admintimeout <admin_timeout_minutes>
end

See Also

https://docs.fortinet.com/document/fortigate/6.4.0/hardening-your-fortigate/612504/hardening-your-fortigate

Item Details

Category: ACCESS CONTROL

References: 800-53|AC-12, CSCv6|16.4

Plugin: FortiGate

Control ID: cf96590366d0e7ae22779985e308b9d1d1893b500675d2d4021e3f37e50a72b4