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AC-10 Concurrent Session Control

Access Control

High

Description

Limit the number of concurrent sessions for each [Assignment: organization-defined account and/or account type] to [Assignment: organization-defined number].

Supplemental Guidance

Organizations may define the maximum number of concurrent sessions for system accounts globally, by account type, by account, or any combination thereof. For example, organizations may limit the number of concurrent sessions for system administrators or other individuals working in particularly sensitive domains or mission-critical applications. Concurrent session control addresses concurrent sessions for system accounts. It does not, however, address concurrent sessions by single users via multiple system accounts.

Patterns that use this control (4)

Grouped by the emphasis each pattern gives it.

MITRE ATT&CK Techniques (4)

ATT&CK v16.1

Techniques mitigated by this control, mapped via CTID.

Persistence 2 Credential Access 1 Collection 1

Compliance Mappings

ISO 27002:2022

5.15

COBIT 2019

DSS05

NIST CSF 2.0

PR.AA-05

NIS2 Directive

Art. 21(2)(i)

MAS TRM

9

BSI IT-Grundschutz

ORP.4

ANSSI

Hygiene.12SecNumCloud.10.5

FINMA Circular 2023/1

IV.B.d(59)IV.C(61)

OSFI B-13

B-13.3.2

EU GDPR

Art.32(1)(b)

EU DORA

Art.9(4)(c)

BIO2

5.15

RBI CSF

Annex1.8

FISC Security Guidelines

FISC.T2

HKMA TM-E-1

TME1.8.4

SAMA CSF

3.1

NCA ECC

2-2

UAE IA

T9

CBB TM

TM-6

Qatar NIA

AC

CBUAE

CR-4

CBE CSF

CTO-1

SA JS2

JS2-7.1

CBN CSF

Part3.2

BoG CISD

CISD-VIII

BoM CTRM

3.3

IOSCO Cyber Resilience

PROT-1

FFIEC IS

II.C.15

ECB CROE

CROE.2.3.1

EBA ICT Guidelines

3.4.2

SEBI CSCRF

PR.AA

BOT Cyber Resilience

Ch2.2

CMMC 2.0

AC

IEEE 1686-2022

5.8

Common Criteria

CC Part 2 — FRU/FTA/FTP

Lloyd's Minimum Standards

MS8.3

HITRUST CSF v11

01.c

ISO 27799

9.5

ISO 17799 (legacy)

None.

COBIT 4.1 (legacy)

AC6