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Configuration management controls

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Definition[]

Configuration management controls "provide assurance that only authorized software programs are implemented."[1]

Overview[]

"Configuration management controls are intended to prevent unauthorized changes to information system resources (for example, software programs and hardware configurations) and to provide reasonable assurance that systems are configured and operating securely and as intended."[2]

References[]

  1. ↑ Information Security: Concerted Response Needed to Resolve Persistent Weaknesses, at 6.
  2. ↑ Information Security: IRS Needs to Address Control Weaknesses That Place Financial and Taxpayer Data at Risk, at 12.

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