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Ensure ‘Idle timeout’ is less than or equal to 10 minutes for device management

Details

Set the Idle Timeout value for device management to 10 minutes or less to automatically close inactive sessions.

Rationale:

An unattended computer with an open administrative session to the device could allow an unauthorized user access to the firewall’s management interface.

Solution

Navigate to Device > Setup > Management > Authentication Settings.
Set Idle Timeout to less than or equal to 10.
or
To remediate this setting, execute the following CLI command:
[email protected]#set deviceconfig setting management idle-timeout
Default Value:
Not configured

Supportive Information

The following resource is also helpful.

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 Palo_Alto.

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Updated on July 16, 2022
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