Details

A session lock is a temporary action taken when a user stops work and moves away from the immediate physical vicinity of the information system but does not want to log out because of the temporary nature of the absence.

The session lock is implemented at the point where session activity can be determined. Rather than be forced to wait for a period of time to expire before the user session can be locked, operating systems need to provide users with the ability to manually invoke a session lock so users may secure their session should they need to temporarily vacate the immediate physical vicinity.

Solution

This setting is enforced using the ‘Smart Card Policy’ configuration profile.

Note: Before applying the ‘Smart Card Policy’, the supplemental guidance provided with the STIG should be consulted to ensure continued access to the operating system.

Supportive Information

The following resource is also helpful.

• https://dl.dod.cyber.mil/wp-content/uploads/stigs/zip/U_Apple_OS_X_10-15_V1R7_STIG.zip

This security hardening control applies to the following category of controls within NIST 800-53: Access Control.This control applies to the following type of system Unix.

References

• 800-53|AC-11a.
• CAT|II
• CCI|CCI-000058
• Rule-ID|SV-225122r610901_rule
• STIG-ID|AOSX-15-000005
• STIG-Legacy|SV-111621
• STIG-Legacy|V-102659
• Vuln-ID|V-225122

Source

• Tenable.com/audits