Requirement
Terminate the network connection associated with a communications session at the end of the session or after [Assignment: organization-defined time period] of inactivity.
Explanation
This requirement applies to internal and external networks. Terminating network connections associated with communications sessions includes deallocating TCP/IP addresses or port pairs at the operating system level or deallocating networking assignments at the application level if multiple application sessions are using a single network connection. Time periods of inactivity may be established by organizations and include time periods by type of network access or for specific network accesses.
