---
name: framework-financial-services-controls-sc-10
title: SC-10 - Network Disconnect
description: 'Terminate the network connection associated with a communications session at the end of the session or after _[IBM Assignment: no longer than 30 minutes for RAS-based sessions or no longer than 60 minutes for non-interactive user sessions]_ of inactivity.'
last-updated: 2026-08-26
---

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# SC-10 - Network Disconnect
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## Control requirements
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### SC-10 - 0
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Terminate the network connection associated with a communications session at the end of the session or after _[IBM Assignment: no longer than 30 minutes for RAS-based sessions or no longer than 60 minutes for non-interactive user sessions]_ of inactivity.









## Implementation guidance
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See the resources that follow to learn more about how to implement this control.


- [Connecting application provider to the management VPC](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/framework-financial-services?topic=framework-financial-services-vpc-architecture-connectivity-management&format=markdown)






## NIST supplemental guidance
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Network disconnect applies to internal and external networks. Terminating network connections associated with specific communications sessions includes de-allocating TCP/IP address or port pairs at the operating system level and de-allocating the networking assignments at the application level if multiple application sessions are using a single operating system-level network connection. Periods of inactivity may be established by organizations and include time periods by type of network access or for specific network accesses.