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Re: Screensaver Timeouts
From: Aaron Wade <agw8 () CORNELL EDU>
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 14:33:09 -0400
Our facility uses the winexit.scr logoff screensaver as was mentioned by Aaron Childs. Our timeout is 15 minutes. -Aaron -- Aaron Wade Manager, Academic Computing ACCEL Cornell University On Tuesday 13 September 2005 02:30 pm, Penn, Blake wrote:
Neal: We recommend a 15 minute maximum timeout. This is the same value as specified in the draft NIST Windows XP Guidelines (NIST 800-68). That being said, we couldn't find any other NIST documents specifying anything more specific than "a predetermined amount of time." I would like to see specific times mentioned in guidance documents if anyone else is aware of any. __________________________________ Blake Penn, CISSP Information Security Officer University of Wisconsin-Whitewater (p) 262-472-5513 (f) 262-472-1285 e-mail: pennb () uww edu -----Original Message----- From: Clonts, Neal D. (HSC) [mailto:Neal-Clonts () OUHSC EDU] Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 1:01 PM To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU Subject: [SECURITY] Screensaver Timeouts Fellow Security Professionals, Our campus is looking at implementing a policy for screensaver timeouts and we are wondering if anyone else currently has this type of policy in place. If you do have a policy on screensaver timeouts, how many minutes do you require before the screensaver is activated? Neal Clonts, CISSP, CISA, MCP Information Security Services University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center Office Phone: 405-271-2476, Option 2 Cell Phone: 405-255-2999 Website: http://security.ouhsc.edu <http://security.ouhsc.edu/>
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- Screensaver Timeouts Clonts, Neal D. (HSC) (Sep 13)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: Screensaver Timeouts Aaron Childs (Sep 13)
- Re: Screensaver Timeouts Tim Howard (Sep 13)
- Re: Screensaver Timeouts Tindall, Dave (Sep 13)
- Re: Screensaver Timeouts Penn, Blake (Sep 13)
- Re: Screensaver Timeouts Aaron Wade (Sep 13)
- Re: Screensaver Timeouts Sherry Callahan (Sep 13)
- Re: Screensaver Timeouts Penn, Blake (Sep 13)
- Re: Screensaver Timeouts Les Mitchell (Sep 13)