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The IBM z/OS system administrator (SA) must develop a procedure to automatically remove or disable temporary user accounts after 72 hours.

Overview

Finding IDVersionRule IDIA ControlsSeverity
V-223577ACF2-OS-002370SV-223577r1001129_ruleCCI-000016medium
Description
If temporary user accounts remain active when no longer needed or for an excessive period, these accounts may be used to gain unauthorized access. To mitigate this risk, automated termination of all temporary accounts must be set upon account creation. Temporary accounts are established as part of normal account activation procedures when there is a need for short-term accounts without the demand for immediacy in account activation. If temporary accounts are used, the operating system must be configured to automatically terminate these types of accounts after a DOD-defined time period of 72 hours. To address access requirements, many operating systems may be integrated with enterprise-level authentication/access mechanisms that meet or exceed access control policy requirements.
STIGDate
IBM z/OS ACF2 Security Technical Implementation Guide2025-06-24

Related Frameworks

2 mappings across 3 frameworks
SCF0 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 3 hops (2) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

IAC-15.2Removal of Temporary / Emergency Accounts
1.00
IAC-15.3Disable Inactive Accounts
1.00
NIST 800-530 mappings

No source states a mapping between these directly.

Also reachable in 2 hops (68) derived by us, not asserted by any source

Each of these is a route we composed by chaining published mappings. No publisher states a relationship between the two endpoints.

AC-10Concurrent Session Control
1.00
AC-17(10)Authenticate Remote Commands
1.00
AC-2Account Management
1.00
AC-2(1)Automated System Account Management
1.00
AC-2(10)Shared and Group Account Credential Change
1.00
AC-2(11)Usage Conditions
1.00
AC-2(2)Automated Temporary and Emergency Account Management
1.00
AC-2(3)Disable Accounts
1.00
AC-2(4)Automated Audit Actions
1.00
AC-2(7)Privileged User Accounts
1.00

+58 more (top 10 by confidence shown)

CCI2 mappings
CCI-000016
1.00
CCI-003628
1.00

Details

Check Text (C-223577r1001129_chk)

Ask the SA for the procedure to automatically remove or disable temporary user accounts after 72 hours. If there is no procedure, this is a finding.

Fix Text (F-25238r500867_fix)

Develop a procedure to automatically remove or disable temporary user accounts after 72 hours.