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Information Technology Policies :: Policy XXII

XXII. Automatic Timeout of Idle Sessions

I. Purpose

To establish policy for the automatic termination of idle or abandoned interactive computer sessions.

II. Scope

These policies apply to all computing systems at Metropolitan State College of Denver that are operated by the Division of Information Technology including, but not limited to, MetroConnect, BANNER, UNIX, and remote access services.

III. Introduction

Interactive computing sessions established via a Web browser, remote terminal session, telnet, ftp, ssh, sftp, or VPN create a security threat anytime such an interactive session is abandoned by the user. In addition to the security threats created by abandoned interactive computing session, every interactive computing session has a large number of computing resources allocated for it to support the session; these resources remain allocated to the session until the session is terminated. Interactive session which have been abandoned consume computing resources and compete with other interactive sessions that have not been abandoned.

IV. Policy Statements

1. Persons establishing an interactive computing session with an Metro State computing resource are required to log out of the interactive session when they have finished their work and anytime they will be away from the computer for an extended period of time.
2. Information Technology will establish appropriate time-out limits for each interactive computing services as determined by the Vice President of Information Technology. Interactive computing sessions which do not perform some form of input/output during the defined time-out period will automatically be disconnected from the service.
3. All workstations will be equipped with an automatic screen saver that will blank out the screen and lock the workstation after a period of inactivity. The user will be required to re-enter their password to unlock the workstation and un-blank the screen.

V. Authority

The Office of the President grants authority to the Vice President of Information Technology to oversee compliance with this policy.

Questions regarding this policy, or requests for variances from the policy, should be directed to the Vice President of Information Technology at (303) 556-2441.

Approved October 23, 2006

Next Review Date: September 2008

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