[CentOS] How to disable screen locking system-wide?

m.roth at 5-cent.us m.roth at 5-cent.us
Thu Jan 20 20:30:40 UTC 2011


Mike McCarty wrote:
> Giles Coochey wrote:
>
> [...]
>
>> I can't speak for HIPPA, SOX etc... but automatic locking is part of  IT
>> best practice.
>
> I can. I did a contract job a few years ago to achieve HIPPA compliance
> with some pharmacy software. I inserted time limits with logout, screen
> information blanking, and RAM data overwriting in order to comply.

Yup. We've had training, both from the gov't and from the company on
protecting PII data, including making sure that your monitor isn't visible
by anyone in the hall, etc.

        mark




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