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NIST 800-171 · Access Control

Requirement 3.1.10

SPRS weight
SPRS weight: 1
POA&M eligibility
POA&M-eligible
Assessment objectives
3 assessment objectives

Official requirement text

Use session lock with pattern-hiding displays to prevent access and viewing of data after a period of inactivity

Assessment objectives

Assessors don’t evaluate the requirement as one sentence; they walk these objectives one by one. Each must be met for the requirement to score.

  1. 3.1.10[a]the period of inactivity after which the system initiates a session lock is defined.
  2. 3.1.10[b]access to the system and viewing of data is prevented by initiating a session lock after the defined period of inactivity.
  3. 3.1.10[c]previously visible information is concealed via a pattern-hiding display after the defined period of inactivity.

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