Re: Screensaver Timeouts

[Aaron Wade <agw8 () CORNELL EDU>]

Our facility uses the winexit.scr logoff screensaver as was mentioned by Aaron 
Childs.  Our timeout is 15 minutes.
-Aaron

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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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