Rule version AWTM-NM-000017 · STIG v1 · 2026-09-14
Terminating an idle session within a short time period reduces the window of opportunity for unauthorized personnel to take control of a management session enabled on the console or console port that has been left unattended. In addition, quickly terminating an idle session will also free up resources committed by the managed network element.
Terminating network connections associated with communications sessions includes, for example, deallocating associated TCP/IP address/port pairs at the operating system level, or deallocating networking assignments at the application level if multiple application sessions are using a single, operating system-level network connection. This does not mean that the device terminates all sessions or network access; it only ends the inactive session and releases the resources associated with that session.
1. Log in to the WTM Web UI. 2. Navigate to System Configuration >> Remote Logging.
If there is no remote syslog server configured to use TLS and secure mode, this is a finding.
1. Log in to the WTM Web UI. 2. Navigate to System Configuration >> Remote Logging. 3. Ensure the DoW CA certs that were imported previously include those that have signed the syslog server certificate. 4. Click "Add". 5. Under address, enter the fully qualified domain hostname or IPv4 address of the syslog server. 6. For protocol, select "TLS.7". For mode, select "Secure". 7. Repeat these steps for any additional servers. 8. Click "Commit".