Details
Outdated or unused accounts provide penetration points that may go undetected. Inactive accounts must be deleted if no longer necessary or, if still required, disabled until needed.
Satisfies: SRG-OS-000104-GPOS-00051, SRG-OS-000118-GPOS-00060
NOTE: Nessus has provided the target output to assist in reviewing the benchmark to ensure target compliance.
Solution
Regularly review accounts to determine if they are still active. Remove or disable accounts that have not been used in the last 35 days.
Supportive Information
The following resource is also helpful.
This security hardening control applies to the following category of controls within NIST 800-53: Identification and Authentication.This control applies to the following type of system Windows.
References
- 800-53|IA-2
- 800-53|IA-4e.
- CAT|II
- CCI|CCI-000764
- CCI|CCI-000795
- CSCv6|16.1
- CSCv6|16.6
- Rule-ID|SV-224837r569186_rule
- STIG-ID|WN16-00-000210
- STIG-Legacy|SV-87911
- STIG-Legacy|V-73259
- Vuln-ID|V-224837