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    Hi everyone, we appreciate the interest surrounding this idea, however we want to be open that we're unable to extend our log-out time past 60 minutes. Xero hold a lot of sensitive information including bank data and we're required to be as secure as online banking.
    Any session information running on a web browser can potentially be stolen. If the session does not time out. You then have an infinitely long vulnerability window to session hijacking. Our best option is to keep a tight expiration window on the session cookie, and regenerate them frequently. Even setting a long timeout doesn't help with this - too long a timeout will greatly increase the risk of invasion or potentially jeopardise your personal data and the safety and integrity of the Xero application itself. This is why we maintain control of this.
    If we detect there's been no activity on a page (e.g…

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    Dylan Lansdown commented  · 

    I propose the following:

    1. Create a setting in the account settings to modify the time for time-outs.
    1. (a) Time can be 10 minutes, 15 minutes, 30 minutes, 60 minutes, 180 minutes.
    2. When modifying the time, make the user sign in again and use their MFA to ensure it is the authorized person that is changing it.
    2. (a) Since Xero accounts require MFA, this should not be a difficult thing to enforce each time the setting is modified.
    3. When implementing this feature, make the default setting 60 minutes. That way you're complying with the industry standard for cybersecurity best practices.