From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018) :
session layer ISO 8326 ISO 8327 layer 5 X.215 X.225The third highest protocol layer (layer 5) in the OSI seven layer model. The session layer uses the transport layer to establish a connection between processes on different hosts. It handles security and creation of the session. It is used by the presentation layer. ITU+Rec.+X.225+({ISO">Documents: ITU Rec. X.225 ({ISO 8327), ITU Rec. X.215 (ISO 8326). [Examples?] (1997-12-07)