CM-02 ยท Baseline Configuration

Control Description

Develop, document, and maintain under configuration control, a current baseline configuration of the system; and Review and update the baseline configuration of the system:

Impact Baselines
Security baselines where this control applies
Not in any baseline
Control Properties
SP800-53
organization
Assurance
Control Statement
The control requirements

a. Develop, document, and maintain under configuration control, a current baseline configuration of the system; and

b. Review and update the baseline configuration of the system:

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3. When system components are installed or upgraded.

Supplemental Guidance

Baseline configurations for systems and system components include connectivity, operational, and communications aspects of systems. Baseline configurations are documented, formally reviewed, and agreed-upon specifications for systems or configuration items within those systems. Baseline configurations serve as a basis for future builds, releases, or changes to systems and include security and privacy control implementations, operational procedures, information about system components, network topology, and logical placement of components in the system architecture. Maintaining baseline configurations requires creating new baselines as organizational systems change over time. Baseline configurations of systems reflect the current enterprise architecture.

Related NIST Controls
Other NIST 800-53 controls related to this one