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SC-23(01) Invalidate Session Identifiers at Logout

NIST SP 800-53 (controls) 5.2.0 against 5.2.0
All changes in this version
unchanged SC part of SC-23

Title

Invalidate Session Identifiers at Logout

Control

Invalidate session identifiers upon user logout or other session termination.

Discussion

Invalidating session identifiers at logout curtails the ability of adversaries to capture and continue to employ previously valid session IDs.

Assessment objective

SC-23(01) session identifiers are invalidated upon user logout or other session termination.

STIG rules that implement this control 1

Application Security and Development V6R5